And I dont believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes. – Michael Haneke
You do your work as a photographer and everything becomes past. Words are more like thoughts the photographers picture is always surrounded by a kind of romantic glamor – no matter what you do, and how you twist it. – Robert Frank
Because I didnt have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them – but it was not my family. Ive always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters. – Gus Van Sant
So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! – Eddie Izzard
The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation. – James Monroe
