It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

I get lost in the magical beauty that is all around me. My mind is an enchanted magician who mysteriously creates all of that magnificent beauty.

I love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

There is nothing heavier than the burden of potential

The film drama is the opium of the people…down with bourgeois fairy-tale scenarios…long live life as it is!

I want a bedroom near the sky, an astrologer's cave Where I can fashion eclogues that are chaste and grave.

If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.

So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.

I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained.

Amidst the rush of worldly comings and goings, I observe how all endings become beginnings