Tragedy is a literary concept.

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

In fact, I'm a bit of a slob, but I've always said my excuse, I have a higher sense of order, I can see it where others can't. That's my excuse for slobbery, I must admit, but I think it's a good one.

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?

OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?