Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Effective action is always unjust.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

A person preaches well that lives well.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Ah just act the way ah feel.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.