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“Maybe it's the Calvinist guilt about capitalism or mercantilism. But, I like the idea of doing things that only exist for as long as they exist, which are not archives, which are not sold or prepared even. It's funny though, because a lot of my unreliable tours were inspired by the docents at the Japan Society, who are mostly these volunteers from the Upper East Side. They basically find positive messages in really nihilist, perverse videos. So they were my inspiration.”
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“The gifts of grace increase as the sorrows increase.”
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“A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted.”
Source : Rudolf Arnheim (1957). “Film as Art”, p.195, Univ of California Press
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“Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“The only power you have is the word no”
Source : "I'd love to play a psycho killer" by Michael Ellison, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2001.
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“Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.”
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“Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need. Take away everything that takes me from you.”
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“Be my wife, all my life.”
Source : Jodi Thomas (2002). “The Texan's Wager”, p.66, Penguin