[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. . . . I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.
I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.
Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.
Our government is a bird with two right wings. . . They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.
I was on television a couple of years ago and the reporter asked me, "How does it feel being on mainstream media? It's not often poets get on mainstream media. " I said, "Well I think you're the dominant media, the dominant culture, but you're not the mainstream media. The mainstream media is still the high culture of intellectuals: writers, readers, editors, librarians, professors, artists, art critics, poets, novelists, and people who think. They are the mainstream culture, even though you may be the dominant culture. "
Make your mind learn its way around the heart.
I wanted to say thanks. . . and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.
Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.
Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.
Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.