To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.
The evolutionary epic is. . . the best myth we will ever have.
I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.
Unless he had whiskey running through his veins, Willard came to the clearing every morning and evening to talk to God. Arvin didn't know which was worse, the drinking or the praying. As far back as he could remember, it seemed that his father had fought the Devil all the time.
I allowed the actors to have freedom and sometimes change words if they needed to or thought that another word was more current.