Boarding school is a wicked thing.

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.

You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.

If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

I'm very wary of trust, you see.

To solve a problem, you need to remove the cause, not the symptom.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

God gives some more than others because some accept more than others.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

By compassion one can be brave.

I'm more interested in a world that works than what sells.

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.