Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

If I, being what I am, can consider that I am in some sense a Christian, why should the different vices of those people in the next pew prove that their religion is mere hypocrisy and convention?

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience.

The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way inferior.

Do you know yourself?.

Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.

When you're in the heat of the moment, you need guys you can trust and who have been there for you.

It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you

My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses.

As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist

'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

Being right can never compete with doing well.

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.