I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.
Disappointing cakes have often been sitting out too long. They should last just long enough to have the last pieces the next morning with coffee - who doesn't love cake with coffee?
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.
It's hard in the firehouse to avoid the dessert thing. At 3 in the morning after some emergency, I have been known to eat an ice cream sandwich.
I usually don't write at night, but there are times where I wake up at 3 in the morning and write all night.
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.
I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Nothing impresses the ladies like a clean, pressed pair of khakis and a large pattern shirt featuring either classic cars, mojitos or men playing golf.
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to the world.
There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because they have a different dynamic.
Jake: Take $1400 and give it to Ray's Music Exchange in Calumet City. Give the rest to the band.
Ray: [beating a tourist that he believes to be American] That's for John Lennon, you Yankee fuckin' cunt!
Ray: One gay beer for my gay friend, one normal beer for me because I am normal.
Ray: See, Ken, this is the kind of hotel Harry should have put us in. A five-star, with prostitutes in it.
All we can do is keep going up against then as long as Ray is alive because when he dies it will not be possible to establish the truth of his innocence in a court of law.
The Fed's ability to raise and lower short-term interest rates is its primary control over the economy.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus
