"When I paint to please other people I tend to lose the free spirit creative edge..."

“Your woman knows your weaknesses better than anybody. She knows where you will falter and give up. She knows the degree of mediocrity you will settle for. And, she knows your true capacity as a full man, a man of free consciousness and love. Her gift, if she is a good woman, is to test you with her darkest moods, over and over and over, until your consciousness is unperturbed by feminine challenge, and you are able to pervade her with your love, just as you are here to pervade the world. In response to your fearless consciousness, she will drench your world in love and light.”

Source : David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.237, ReadHowYouWant.com

“Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.”

“The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.”

“I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films.”

“Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

“I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'”

“My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.”

“We have to live and let live in order to create what we are.”