In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.

The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.

But when one is young one must see things, gather experience, ideas; enlarge the mind.

[What are you going to do now? I just wrapped a remake of] The Poseidon Adventure ... Lady in the Water.

I know I am planning to visit a "land" that is not entirely foreign, only foreign to me. As an adventurer, I am on a journey that I believe will last me my whole life. A new relationship, discovery, or awareness excites me.

What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.