Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.

It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.

Acting makes you live plenty of lives.

Imagination and reality have little in common

I love life. I love life to death.

I've never wanted to be a star, never.

In acting, you draw so much on your private life.

If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK.

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

People are just so stupid.

To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

I'm not sticking up for white kids - I'm going to have a barrage of hate mail - but it's true. If you're poor, you're really poor.

Taking the leap felt appropriate. Only it wasn’t just a short hop. It was a full plunge off a cliff.

No poet is ever completely lost. He has the secret of his childhood safe with him, like some secret cave in which he can kneel. And, when we read his poetry, we can join him there.

The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.

Sure,” she said, and hugged the laptop bag closer. “What could go wrong?” Michael’s eyes flashed to meet hers in the rearview mirror. Besides everything, I mean,” she said.

It is the inner peace that can bring peace in our family, in society and ultimately, in the world.