Fluted sleeves or any sleeve that flares out before coming in again at the wrist are very feminine and a great way to distract from the dreaded 'bingo wings.'
I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent.
'Newhart' ran the longest, and it was great to have a regular role, but I run into a lot of film fans, and they ask me about 'Blade Runner.' I was grateful to be a part of that.
Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things.
With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story.
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.
With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad.
I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.
One of the reasons so many kids bought 'Famous Monsters' was that it gave them ability to order 8mm and Super-8 versions of their favorite monster movies.
Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?
The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty.
God has given His children a love that is so great in Christ that the world can't touch it with chocolates, roses, or diamonds.
Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.
Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.
My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.
This life is yours and no one else's, and if you spend your time looking at other people's pages, you'll never get anything done.
The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.
I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.
