I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.

I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.

I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.

Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in a shower of sparks before spinning off into its own distance.

What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

There are memories I am better off without. Things better lost forever.

Don’t choose to walk the well-worn path to regret. Be amongst the few who dare to follow their dreams!

I'm an art major. You're a political science major. YOU go lay down the law.

When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those.

The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.

The main trouble with women is that they will just not put the seat back up again.

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables.

A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!