The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

I lost my balance when the train pulled away, but a human crumple zone buffered my fall. We stayed like that, half fallen. Diagonal People.

If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

I never weigh myself. But if I put my trousers on and they don't do up, then I don't eat until I can.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab.

Sometimes it seems like you and me against the world.

Nobody would ever think, "Oh, get into acting so you can live the straight and narrow path," but it gave me a sense of discipline and focus.

Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat.

Every life is precious.

When your image improves, your performance improves.