The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
Bring out the eyes.
A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.
They made me domountain-climbersandpushupsand situps, they kicked my ass when it came down to it.
My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
The dog's kennel is no place to keep a sausage.
My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotage a potentially amazing song.
A man is no more encumbered by his soul than the steed by his bridle or the lake by the swan.
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
Far fowls have fair feathers.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Obviously I take responsibility for everything in the end. I mean, the buck stops here.
