It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita.

I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance.

J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyèreL'automne est morte souviens-t'enNous ne nous verrons plus sur terreOdeur du temps brin de bruyèreEt souviens-toi que je t'attends

We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.

...as he discovered in the course of his uncountable years that a lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth...

Diplomacy "was like a card game. The difference was that you never really knew the value of the cards in your own hand.

There are no atheists in the foxholes.

We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.

It's so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work.

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us?

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions.