I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Some wrong eternity that wouldn’t budge, like trying to move a wardrobe or a safe, only to feel how light I was.

If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.

Language makes us human

Important decisions that will affect a nation’s fate or humanity’s fate cannot be left to the referendums! Because such decisions require good knowledge of history

A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient unprofitable or dangerous to do so.

Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.

You have to be a great storyteller. And you have to master the tools that you have to tell the story which are, inorder of importance, the script, the actors and then thetechnical means.

Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.

If we do more with less, our response will be adequate to take care of everybody.