The picture is in your head, in your imagination, everything.

One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances.

Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

The greatest danger for artists is total freedom.

I never make moral judgments; I'm not qualified to do so. I am not a censor, a priest, or a politician.