To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then and then only, does it come into existence.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

To understand a culture, you must listen to its artists—they are the seismographs of societal change.

"To write is to resist the erosion of time."

"A great film is one that stays with you, that changes the way you see the world."