The distance between yourself and others should not be greater than your arm’s length.

Looking and seeing are two different things. What matters is the relationship with the subject.

The road from the eye to the heart is easy to follow. I am taking it with my eyes closed.

When I use the camera, I often feel likeI know part of the people or places I come in contact with.

Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.

Somehow there is a certain honesty underground, a certain truth.

I am happy to be alone. Perhaps this is true. Or perhaps I am the biggest coward of all.

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.

I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots.

The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy; my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of his society.

I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.

Overnight Success Happens Only in Fairy Tales, Trashy Novels, and Bad Movies.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

I'm not at liberty to discuss the governments knowledge of extraterrestrial UFO's at this time. I am still personally being briefed on the subject!

My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.