What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second their imagination and third their industry.
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and...
The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right...
I was 21 in 1968 so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In...
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion I would say I was...
What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...
A poet's work is to name the unnameable to point at frauds to take sides...
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world which has to do with...
In this world without quiet corners there can be no easy escapes from...
If you take a look at history you will find that the understanding of what...
Throughout human history the apostles of purity those who have claimed to...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...