The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them.
The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli.
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.
I do not Twitter. I don't want to Twitter, and I don't see any point in Twittering. The last thing I want to do is tell people what I'm doing at the moment because I'm probably not doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.
People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.
All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.
The canvas you are working on modifies the previous ones in an unending, baffling chain which never seems to finish. What sympathy is demanded of the viewer? He is asked to 'see' the future links.
To survive, the people in neighborhoods are going to have to secede.
I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.