... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.

Hardships lead to strength of character.

I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.

The flat-brimmed cap is the modern day dunce cap.

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

One bit in or out of focus makes the difference between our bodies being ourselves and our being part of a group. I want to melt the idea of specificity and blend individuality into the crowd.

Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one.

It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.