To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate.

The voice of a person thinking, discovering, revising, is ever-present without any loss in grace or ease.

The closure of the book is an illusion largely created by its materiality, its cover. Once the book is considered on the plane of its significance, it threatens infinity.

Our perception of space-time can be thought of in terms of event coordinates relative to our current state of consciousness.

Take your time to find and understand what you don’t know and in the end, you shall know that it is not all the things you know that shows you something you don’t know, but something you don’t know!

The highest duty of the writer is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation.

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.

I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.

Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.

My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me acting for the rest of my life.

Art is a jealous mistress.

My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever since. He always knew when I was lying, because my posture was all wrong.

Lloyd Richards is another director who was like that, who was a teacher.