The past hadn't been erased just because a new future had been handed it.
When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't.
It's not that photography recaptures the world you have been in; more that it creates a new one: photographs are like Post-It Notes reminding us of the deep architectonic forms of space and thought.
From time to time it has struck me that as a writer, I've somehow managed to live my life as I had long ago dreamt of doing, based on the Tintin paradigm: on my toes, travelling, senses attentuated, everything just adventure and exploration, curiosity and problem-solving.
And I come to realise that all my small todays, the way I act, will lead into my tomorrows.
The very concept of solid ground is a myth. The galaxy itself is adrift.
Everything comes to nothing in the end, I suppose. Or at least, nothing happens exactly the way we imagine it.
People really love 'Madea' movies and get a kick out of them. They're phenomenally successful. People get excited when a new one's coming out.
Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something. ' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.
I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.
But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.