Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.

Lost are many great commissions by such neglect.

Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture.

Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.

The machine does not control the mind of man, though it affects the mind of man; it is the mind of man that can and should control the machine.

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

Super luxury hotels are being built in outer space. The new type of heaven is being offered to humans.

I like to think of myself as a physical actor.

I always wished I had died, and I still wish that, because I could have gotten the whole thing over with.

Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when the grown child confronts them.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Tulsa was the kind of place where you could go to any door and borrow a cup of sugar. Everybody knew everybody. Truthfully, I don't even remember dealing with any racism in our town; we all got along.

It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in other countries from spreading onto American soil; and to maintain access to global sea lanes on which our economy depends. Beyond that, there is little or nothing in the world that should draw the United States to war.

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.

I train mainly with guys, and they help to push me.

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

To make a long story short theres nothing like having a boss walk in.

I'm a big card guy. I play Rook, Liverpool Rummy - love that. I play Pac-Man, shoot pool.

Once you start a war, you have to win.

I absolutely want and prize and love and revere every single media review I get, but if I got 50 reviews from major newspapers and one review from Amazon, I still would feel a little weird: 'What's going on? Why aren't people responding?'

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

The sparrow flying behind the hawk thinks the hawk is fleeing.