You can actually be intimate with the universe.
I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.
I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.
I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.
I don't usually read reviews. I usually read the interviews, just because I figure it's a good way to try to do them better if I ever have to do them again.
I don't like going to cities. I don't mind maybe being in a city sometimes for a few hours, but I pretty much don't like cities. I don't even like passing through them.
A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.
[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year. . . what vile and wicked folly and barbarism it all is.
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
Galen cupped her cheek with his uninjured hand, his thumb caressing the rise of satin-covered bone. She trembled, but didn’t pull away.