"If the guy has a gun, that's the power. He doesn't need to wave the gun; he just needs to point the gun in a very relaxed fashion."

“Nothing could stop Mississippi.”

“If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.”

“Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop.”

“Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.”

Source : Geoff Dyer (2012). “Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence”, p.127, Canongate Books

“I realized that if I wanted to truly talk about vastness and the sublime and scale and the West - recurrent themes in my overall work - I needed to engage with the vast ocean that is Los Angeles.”

“I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.”

“I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.”

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

“It is almost axiomatic that the best conversationalist is really the best listener.”

Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”