"Since National Socialism came to power, I have striven to make its consequences milder for its victims and to prepare the way for a change. In that, my conscience drove me -- and in the end, that is a man's duty."

“You are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them.”

Source : Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.

“Pop music has progressed. The singing voice has changed dramatically in pop music, and people now just sing the way they want to, in their speaking voice, instead of putting on some great transatlantic rock and roll sneer.”

“I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done.”

Source : "The Bliss of Being Sheryl Lee / The career of `Twin Peaks' ' famous corpse has come alive on screen". Interview with Edward Guthman, www.sfgate.com. June 8, 1997.

“Apart from the traditional paintings I also dabble with a little photography.”

“Lean into the discomfort of the work.”

“It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.”

“The ground is my ocean, I’m the shark, and most people don’t even know how to swim.”

“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”