Academic, anarchist, artistic director, actor, writer, provocateur, Hollywood refusnik!" The idea of finding "grace in a violent world" is a rather beautiful one.
It's a complex piece of writing which takes some unpacking, but one of the key points can be found when he says: "Whatever my theater is it will have grace in a violent world and worlds that spin about us.
The most violent shoot-outs proceed with stately, underwater grace, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that is at once real and unreal.
We see him trawling the underbelly of London life and engaging in violent sex, but never lose sight of his saving grace, that he is, in Leigh's words, "an idealist, not a cynic".
Directed by American Psycho's Mary Harron, expect Alias Grace to be as introspective and creepy as it is violent.
It hardly seems appropriate for a country that prides itself as the home of the world's most glittering pageant, but a brutal outbreak of violent crime has cast a pall over a city long associated with bonhomie and grace.
The measurement of character has less to do with righteousness than it does with resourcefulness and bravery, and the grace with which one faces the embarrassments of fate, which can include sudden, violent death.
Shiva is the master of both tandava, the fierce, violent dance that gives rise to energy, and lasya, the gentle, lyric dance representing tenderness and grace.
"People couldn't believe they were hearing such slogans being shouted in Qom, of all places".With characteristic bad grace, Mr Khamenei banned mourning ceremonies for Montazeri in some provincial towns, several of which experienced violent demonstrations as a result.
