I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs

Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.

The past influences everything and dictates nothing.

Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.

People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.

Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.

The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.

Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.

I am just as human as the man.

A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.

I am more than ever convinced that what we eat today is what we are tomorrow.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

The thing about me not doing superhero movies, that's not true at all. Movies are movies. You just go.

My reason and inspiration to lose weight and stay fit is my youngest son, Anant, who is fighting obesity. I would like to be an example for him.

The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world.

There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.