I hated the idea of being half of an individual who could only be completed by someone else, the other half. I liked my independence." -Amya

Teeth were created to be shown.

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.

Television was suppressing their freedom not to know.

Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know."

In our imaginations we can go anywhere. Travel with me to Redwall in Mossflower country.

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to say, to hell with everyone else, but what else have you got to go on but your own taste and judgment?

My emotional life: dialectic between craving for privacy and need to submerge myself in a passionate relationship to another.

Value dwells not in particular will; It holds his estimate and dignity As well wherein 'tis precious of itself As in the prizer.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.