I knew Danny DeVito
I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and had a great time doing it. Edward Norton
Great Times
I\\’ve never acted before
I’ve never acted before in a movie I’ve directed. This felt like the time to do it just because the \” Leaves of Grass\” movie itself is so much of a platform for the lead actor. It’s really written for an exciting performance and it really depends on the audience watching an extraordinary actor having … Read more
Desert springtime, with flowers
Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement—mating season. Edward Abbey
You always get nervous
You always get nervous on stage because when you get up there, you want to do great. The crowd has you pumped up so there are always a little bit of butterflies. That’s all part of it. But as far as getting stage fright, clamming up there, not generally, I just enjoy it on stage … Read more
Joy is the mainspring
Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Nature’s calm rotation. Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll In the great Time-piece of Creation. Friedrich Schiller
Meditation essentially means having
Meditation essentially means having a great time. Frederick Lenz
Meditation essentially means having
Meditation essentially means having a great time. Some people have applied a sense or a feeling to the meditative experience, such that, meditation has become a quantifiable religious experience, which means it’s not any fun! Frederick Lenz
Nature is our friend
Nature is our friend – trees, squirrels, grass, fields, meadows, oceans – without people. Hike. Walk. Stroll. Bike. Swim. Be in a still place and feel eternity. Have a great time. Just feel it. Frederick Lenz
In a way, I
In a way, I see my fiction as having moved in that direction – and the characters as dealing simultaneously with their personal history and with the present in which they are trying to make their way. So that the books are simultaneously about public and interior events. And I am having a great time … Read more
In every great time
In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. Francis Bacon