I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

I go to lectures and girls are finding out about Bikini Kill or Le Tigre for the first time and are like,' This is my jam!' It still feels fresh to them.

We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things I shouldn't have done, lived a lifestyle I shouldn't have lived. I had a blast at times; other times, I probably compromised my job, my duty to do my job, to be ready as a professional.

My camping days are over but I might consider glamping.

The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.

The only reason why you should do a film is because it creatively carbonates you and gets you going. If you're doing it for any other reason, you've lost sight of why you're acting in the first place.

Not for nothing is their motto TGIF “ ˜Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do.

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.

I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of subjects that I think people aren't entirely comfortable being honest about.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Life is too short no matter what party you are with.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails.

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.

My constituents support Israel.

Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

I think people assume that because I talk the way that I talk that I grew up with money, and then I've had to say, 'No, I grew up poor.' And then I was like, 'Why do I have to play this game where the only black experience that's authentic is the one where you grew up in poverty?' I mean, it's ridiculous.

I love crime procedurals. I always have. I love cop shows.

It's better to see Bangkok once, than to hear about it a thousand times.

I've always loved who I loved, and it never mattered to me where they were from. That's how it should be: wherever your heart tells you to go, you go.

I was working in theater, so I didn't get to go to my prom.