I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time.

I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.

If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on during a climatic moment. And after the loud pellet stove moment, which is like a Todd Haynes's Safe interruption into the home and into the narrative - as if the home is a like a ghost surrounding the characters - her performance changes entirely.

It's good to have a brand that is consistent that people know about and trust. But it's also good to mix it up and adapt it, to polish it a bit and give it a new aspect. To not violate the reputation you've established but give it a new edge and veneer to show other aspects that people hadn't suspected.

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to see events around you exactly as they are. The closer your mind is to reality, the better your strategies, your responses in life.

Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger