Postmodernism has not overcome the problems of modernism, but only compounded them with a dosis of cynicism, relativism and indifference.

Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.

Who is one's audience, the spiritually hostile professional art world or one's visually insensitive Christian neighbour?

Beyond a narrow, elite audience, there is a pervasive sense from the side of the public that much contemporary art fails to connect - a failure not evident throughout centuries of earlier art.

I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.

Intruding upon a dimension rightfully ours, modern medicine robs us of the dignity of what people in the past regarded as most precious: that final moment of death.

You are what you desire. You may live with desires and determine all that you want

We've known for years that the president of the United States is a cyberbully, a misogynist who has this thing about women and blood.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

They say it's darkest before the dawn, but it also tend to be quietest, and the quiet lets you hear yourself better.

This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.

Shaping it is something I would expect to do together with a writer, because that's a director's job.

I was and am, like many women, both pro-life and pro-choice.

Leave this world a little better than you found it.