"The more a book is like an opium pipe, the more the Chinaman reader is satisfied with it and tends to discuss the quality of the drug rather than its lethargic effects."

“I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.”

Source : "Terrence J Becomes the Host With the Most on His Plate". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. October 24, 2012.

“I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.”

Source : "Olivia Thirlby Talks Loving Her 'Flawed' Character In ‘Nobody Walks,’ More ‘Dredd’ & Her 5 Favorite Performances" by Jen Vineyard, www.indiewire.com. October 18, 2012.

“Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.”

Source : Saint Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the Rev. Robert Southwell”, p.68

“By embracing your mother wound as your yoga, you transform what has been a hindrance in your life into a teacher of the heart.”

“The most important choice you make is what you choose to make important.”

Source : Michael Neill (2006). “You Can Have What You Want”, p.200, Hay House, Inc

“I personally like to do independent films.”

“He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.”

“I made the first 'Blumen' picture after looking at Robert Mapplethorpe's Pictures book. I was struck by how much freedom Mapplethorpe was able to extract from his model's restraint-that in tying up and cropping his models, he appears to be able to work with people as forms. I never thought about my flowers as related to his (which I saw as annoyingly erotic); I thought of them in relationship to bondage. I wanted to make the flowers more aggressive and ironic and less docile and sensual.”