The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.
They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show.
I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.
You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.
The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.
People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.
I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
What we're saying now is you have a choice: You can stay, or you can go away.
In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.
Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.