The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser.
Life is adventure, not predicament.
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.
Amazement awaits us at every corner.
Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent. . . , not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while.
If it's worth listening to, it's worth questioning until you understand it.
Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom and never even to have a choice in the matter?
Generally speaking in America, a lot of environmentally problematic facilities tend to be located in places where poor folks live because wealthier folks have the ability to say, "not in my backyard. "