Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need."

You're a brave, brave girl, Tula" Gaby told her."I know", said the little girl. "I got it from you.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age. I missed it coming and going.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

I look like a woman, but I think like a man.

We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.

There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling.

The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks.

It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes

And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?