"It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright."

“I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit.”

“Many family planning clinics and - and programs that service women have refused now to take women's - United State's money because they feel that it would be unethical, and it could injure their clients even more, their patients even more. That has to be changed.”

Source : Interview with Joanne Bamberger, www.blogher.com. December 22, 2008.

“I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in the charts - I watch 'Come Together' (the flip side) because that's my song.”

“There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“There is a solitude, which each and every one of us has always carried with him, more inaccessible than the ice-cold mountains, more profound than the midnight sea; the solitude of self. Our inner being, which we call ourself, no eye nor touch of man or angel has ever pierced.”

“The birds are the eyes of heaven, and the flies are the spies of hell.”

“I think in general it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings, and the Web's a form of communications, so it generally should be good.”

“There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.”

Source : "Interview: Richard Jenkins on First Lead Role in 'The Visitor,' 'Six Feet Under,' Coen Brothers". Interview with Patrick McDonald, www.hollywoodchicago.com. June 24, 2008.