Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos.

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.

You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love.

A stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.

Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.

Whatever we are we belong together. Wherever we are, we will find each other. Whoever we are we are forever one.

Familiarity is the dagger thrust into the heart of fear.

Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.

I don't really like fairies.

For the benefit of those of you who have real jobs and are not involved in the news business, I should first explain that . . .

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own.

Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return.

I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it!