Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.

Nixon’s offences had been so long in the past, so much part of a different era that he now seemed like some lovable but bigoted uncle you tolerated at Christmas and Thanksgiving.

That was the heart of the problem: every choice made sense from some vantage point.

The paper burns, but the words fly free.

Vanity, thy name is vampire.

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

I knew how many zeroes there were in a quintillion, but I thought that algebra lived in ponds.

I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an old fart.

If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

I love what I do. And why not be nice? I mean, I've seen people who work and they're apparently not enjoying it, and they're making sure everybody knows it.

Soul, if you want to learn secrets,
 your heart must forget about shame
 and dignity. You are God's lover,
 yet you worry what people are saying.

You need to be smart about what you put in your body.