If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. Use this quote
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. Use this quote
If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy. Use this quote
You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness. Use this quote
I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Use this quote
I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is. Use this quote
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Use this quote
Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well. Use this quote
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films. Use this quote
I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing. Use this quote
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. Use this quote
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. Use this quote
Beauty comes from the inside. Use this quote
Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. Use this quote
I think women should start to embrace their age. What's the alternative to getting older? You die. I can't change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy. Use this quote
I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table. Use this quote
I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me. Use this quote
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life. Use this quote
Education is the cheap defense of nations. Use this quote
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Use this quote
