July 3 Birthdays

I don't drink but I had a beer that night and they only did one set up like that. I'm a cheap date. What can I say?

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one?s own self.

I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order. The point is, I find the female roles out there very cliche. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves.

Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.

In Swimming Pool, all the colors are very warm, sunny, the pool and all that. In Love Crime, everything is so cold, and its all inside skyscrapers.

Read nature, nature is a friend to truth.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. Thats their problem. Its not mine.

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.

We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years time, will be a very different ASEAN.

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

Donner, why are you trying to be an artist?

All other nations are drinking Ray Charles beer and we are drinking Barry Manilow.