"Isn't it the unexpected that teaches us the most?"

“I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.”

“Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.”

Source : "Dmoch lamp line named for Francis Ford Coppola" by Zahid Sardar, www.sfgate.com. March 30, 2011.

“A well balanced, inclusive approach, is essential for the proper government of any country.”

“As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment.”

“I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.”

“On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.”

“He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.”

“Maybe we don’t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture.”