The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist.

The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so I've had to find new ways to say everything that I want to say.

The earth has always supported me in all my endeavors. I trust it.

When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better

A great dinner must include not only yummy food, but good conversation.

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

To be unknown to God is altogether too much privacy.