Paulie smiled slightly at this, as profanity had always felt to him like a seal of understanding, a shortcut to extreme feeling that people used when they needed it most.

As a general thing when a woman wears the pants in a family she has a good right to them.

I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.

Without my protectionm your journey is doomed before you begin.' Great! I thought. Even the snake is a critic!

The short story ... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen.

Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too.

I never went to school beyond the 3rd grade, but my mother taught me the difference between right and wrong.

I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.