The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.

Cranes carry this heavy mystical baggage. They're icons of fidelity and happiness. The Vietnamese believe cranes cart our souls up to heaven on our wings.

Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us? Maybe it's because we humans are meant to be rooted in one spot.

God put us on this carnival ride, We close our eyes not knowing were it will take us next

True affluence is not needing anything.

Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects.

Integrity reveals beauty.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits.

The harrowing of the soul can be like the harrowing of the soil; to increase the yield, things are turned upside down.

I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.