Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

A Bombshell wants it all, yet she is beginning to see shecan’t have it all at once.

When we're all alone, it might be to frightening to bear... but we're all right beside each other. We've got our friends close by! Now, there's nothing to fear! Because we're not alone!!!

Before we can change the world, we have to change ourselves. We can do it by focusing, concentrating, meditating, and self-realizing.

I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

Film is such a powerful medium. It can really affect change; you can affect so many different people in different ways.

I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.

If you want to be seen as courageous by some and hated by others, just say what you really think.