When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

Because," she said, "that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give to the behavior of those who would disrupt the orderly way in which men want to live.

Heaven would be Hell in no time if every cruel, selfish, vicious soul went to Heaven.

I have to move away from organized religion. The toxic confusion and anger I was feeling in church had become too great.

I think to feel this happy is to be miserable, to feel this much satisfaction is to burn.

Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her towering buildings, her massive cathedrals, her grand boulevards and ancient winding medieval streets - as vast and indestructible as nature itself.

Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.