People are so annoying. All my pianists look exactly like poets

Write what you know. Write what you can't forget. Write to give yourself courage and others hope.

Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.

We always try to remember that at the end of the day, it's just cookies. Don't stress that hard, because it's a terrible thing to take home with you.

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

I bought a Hummer before I bought a house, and then I bought a house. Every year, everything doubled. The work was doubling. The money was doubling. The popularity was doubling.

Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.

I believe in perpetual art, no matter if there are not many artists like me on this earth.

Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.