Gerrit Smith

My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in the fantasy land of Bel Air.