For to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction.

I always had a long-term view of going into politics so I suppose I was always careful. I mean I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

Before I went to jail I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme rhythm and the words themselves.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can and in time of war as little injury as possible without prejudicing their real interests.

America's state religion is patriotism a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism generally.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature and poetry and all that is spiritual.

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

I was at the end of the studio system so when I walked into movies I had a magnificent suite in which I had a living room and a kitchen and a complete makeup room. I had everything just for me. With the independents you're kind of roughing it literally.

Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party we would literally play music between takes and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time.