"The moment you realize you are not present, you are present."

“Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.”

Source : Alex Orbison, Roy Orbison, Wesley Orbison (2017). “The Authorized Roy Orbison: The Authorized Biography”, p.8, Hachette UK

“Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.”

“If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts”

“Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.”

“Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of a vortex of the business. It's such a seismic shift really.”

“I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.”

“One of my favourites is American Beauty. Spacey is so good in that.”