I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is read more

I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is challenging and beguiling to sense something inside, put it on paper (or carve it in stone), and then step back and see how much has got lost in the process.

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't read more

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.

Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year. The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I read more

Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year. The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live.

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time read more

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day.

For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.

For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.

Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well read more

Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

Even [Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani] does not want a quote-unquote Islamic State, ... He wants a state that respects the place read more

Even [Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani] does not want a quote-unquote Islamic State, ... He wants a state that respects the place of Islam in public life.

What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq read more

What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq took sovereign decisions like declaring war, suppressing a revolt or a civil mutiny,

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.