"I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way."

“I am too old and stiff-necked to change my memories now.”

“A study was done which shows the majority of oncologists who refer patients for chemotherapy for lung cancer would not themselves take chemotherapy for lung cancer. And in fact if the chemotherapy involved cis-platen, something like 75% of them said they wouldn't take it. But what do these people do all day long? They're sending people for cis-platen.”

“New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.”

“What can I do now? What am I to become? How can I live in this world I'm condemned to but can't endure? They couldn't stand it either, so they made a world of their own. Well, they have each other's company, and they are heroes, whereas I'm quite alone, and have none of the qualities essential to heroism - the spirit, the toughness, the dedication. I'm back where I was as a child, solitary, helpless, unwanted, frightened.”

“The more space you allow and encourage within a relationship, the more the relationship willflourish.”

“I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.”

Source : "Interview with Lauren Greenfield, Director of Queen of Versailles". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. July 20, 2012.

“My favoured temple is an humble heart.”

Source : Philip James Bailey, “Festus - XXXIV”

“A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.”

Source : "Arcade Fire". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. October 4, 2010.