"I had no idea that things would change so rapidly, so drastically."

“Sometimes I imagine that there's a binary division going on in contemporary practice that has to do with chromatic versus diatonic. I notice that I tend to listen in a diatonic sense, that I register a pitch as a member of a diatonic scale, even in a non-tonal context.”

“I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 10, 2016

“When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued possessions, but he answered cheerily, 'Never mind, Louisa, see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.' The lesson was one never forgotten and in the varied lessons that have come to me I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright.”

“Stop looking for love and start showing it.”

Source : Paul Pearsall (2009). “Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, be a Good Blamer and Throttle Your Inner Child”, p.56, Basic Books

“Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong.”

“I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.”

“I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.”

“Gender equality is more successful than armed force”

Source : Time Magazine Interview, September 22, 2004.