Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in order to provide you with a mental fallback position.

It is horrid to smirk.

When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart.

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

I like you very much. Just as you are.

It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss

One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.

Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra.

Start having more confidence in yourself, and others will do the same.

A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

You’re a good boy. I wish you didn’t have to be quite so good

There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.

Surprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity.

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.

I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it as, you know, if you set your mind to it, you can do it.