Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

A saw by itself holds no value, but when coupled with your labor can clear forests.

I have a deal with HBO to develop television, and I am also developing a movie called 'The Abstinence Teacher, ' which is based on a book by Tom Perrotta.

I can take a week's vacation - maybe a week and a half - but after that, I'm itching to go back to work.

If the garbage man calls, tell him we don't want any.

A rather honored guest of the Cuban government, so I wouldn't experience the problems. I think it would take a black Cuban to really articulate this because I'm being treated in a very generous way.

Officer, this guy is not waiting around for me... so you better shoot me or help me but decide now!

The understanding also hath its idiosyncrasies as well as other faculties.

The power of the gospel lies[...] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of evil have been defeated, that God's new world has begun.

A good piece of art should make a revolution inside you.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.