I never said it was possible. I only said it was true.

I never said it was possible. I only said it was true.

Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.

But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us.

You cannot see faith but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind faithful footprints for others to follow.

Everybody has a purpose.

I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side.

New York vintage is too expensive!

Writings scatter to the winds blank checks in an insane charge. And were they not such flying leaves, there would be no purloined letters.

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.

I have very complex and complicated ideas about technology. It's such a prominent way that we communicate with each other. In ways, I think it's really positive, and in ways, I think it's really negative.

As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.

I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.

With a rescue dog, you take what's at the centre as long as it roughly fits the bill. When you buy a dog from a breeder, you can choose everything from its personality to how shiny its coat is.

Taking the time to build community to get to know your people will have long lasting benefits.

As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in use, when times get tight, they put off new purchases. What seem like small cutbacks to the end buyer translate into big swings for the producer.

I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.

If I find cool, open-minded people, want to do unique one-of-a-kind kind of project, I'll do it as long as I can.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.

Business is other people's money.

There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.

Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.