The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.
I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.
I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?
We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.
I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.
I get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line. Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being a kid, but he was going, "Yeah, you're in bed, and you want your mama with you. . . " It really helped so much. He spent 15 or 20 minutes on the phone with me. That's a memory that I'll always cherish.
If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have enough money to spend on things like early childhood education that are so important.
No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.
Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.