Perfect Days famous quotes

I think the camera is a wonderful machine, don't you? And not to take photographs in this century is crazy.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word.

The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.

Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.

Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self.

Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.

The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations.