He (Freeman) told me about his love of sailing, but also his early desire to be a pilot. After going on a sailing trip, I didn't want to sail anymore, but I renewed his interest in flying.

We were always hearing on the street, 'Where can we hear some live blues music?' No place in town was offering regularly scheduled, consistently played blues music. It was a hit-or-miss thing. ... So we decided to change that.

I see the increased desire (almost at a frenzy now) to convert the very latest and most exotic diploid regardless of any latent tendencies toward infirmities or lack of stamina.

Sarah is the toughest competitor I've ever worked with. She has the desire to be better than everybody else. She can't understand why someone is in a sport if they aren't in it to win.

In Toronto, I've met other director like me, in the wings of the studio industry and with a lively desire to maintain our independence, people like Paul Cox of Australia and Alan Rudolph, who works in the eye of the storm in Los Angeles.

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.