The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.

Ten people who are into our music is better than three hundred people who are just standing there.

Tour is disgusting, actually, I have no idea how people do it. Your brain would go to rot, unless you really, really worked hard at making sure it didn't.

We're a live band. Some bands write their songs in the studio - we don't do that. We're playing songs on this tour that were written three days before the tour. And it feels good to try these songs.

Live is best. You have movement, and I think we should do as much as we can to put that sense of movement in the recorded music.

An acceptance of your cultural inheritance, and at the same time a dislike of it, is a building block of good art.

These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Alan Grant: "There are... far too many words written. Millions and millions of them pouring from the presses every minute. It's a horrible thought." The Midget (his nurse): "You sound constipated.

I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.

At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.

Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking.

It wasn't until Castro marched triumphantly into Cuba that you might say the whole thing grew into a Marxist revolution.

I may think that hornets do not have an ideal social organization. But I know better than to poke their nest.

Direct, forceful, energetic. Loves power, eats up publicity and flattery... Can turn on charm at will and knows it.

Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified

APA is another evolution in my career; they have unique vision and share my goals for the future. I look forward to expanding our horizons together.