No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.