Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.
They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That's the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build.
I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live.
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.
The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.
I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.
The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.
It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.'
Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology; we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content.
I do love fish, and I thought it was healthy without understanding the high mercury levels that fish like tuna, swordfish and halibut can contain.
I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.
Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music.
I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music.
If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.
Prince Adam: Belle... it's me! [Belle stares into his eyes for a minute] Belle: It is you!
When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.
I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
