"States can be more or less democratic, and so can socialism. I think any ideal society that exists on a large scale, which is what we most likely have in store for us as a human race, will involve some aspects of socialism."

“While she was working on Maturity, ... M. Rodin is well aware that people have imagined that he did my sculpture why then do all one can to give credence to these lies.”

“Violence is the sign of temporary weakness.”

“Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.”

Source : "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Extended Edition Special Feature". DVD, December 10, 2004.

“Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.23, Bantam

“I see a poem as a multi-coloured strip behind peeling plaster, in separate, shining fragments.”

“I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.”

Source : "At Home With: Madeline Kahn; Funny? Yes, but Someone's Got to Be" by Michael Specter in The New York Times, www.nytimes.com. April 8, 1993.

“I still want to be an architect and score films and do other things. I always said as long as I've still got teeth and hair and I look cool when I look in the mirror, then I'll do it.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

“I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar.”