Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined.

Writing a biography is not a love affair. It’s not a marriage. It’s a job, it’s a piece of work.

It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

The prison scandal is really hurting President Bush's poll numbers. In fact, I hear he's already working on his concession smirk.

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

I begin with movement... I believe that all human visual experiences are born from movement..

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.