Those moments when you don't feel self-conscious, when you escape that, are when you produce something meaningful.
Real film is light; digital is electricity.
When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more, so now I just sit in the bath.
There are three signs of old age: loss of memory. . . I forget the other two.
Pop stars are capable of growing old. Mick Jagger at 50 will be marvelous - a battered old roue - I can just see him. An aging rock star doesn't have to opt out life. When I'm 50, I'll prove it.
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one
Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.