The great are eternally at the mercy of tiny men. And also, tiny madwomen.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

The courage to continue is the sureness of success.

A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.

A child sees everything in a sense of newness - he is always drunk. Genius is nothing but childhood re-attained at will.

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

He said, You're so tiny, like a doll, you look like you might break. I wanted him to break me. Part of me did.

I would like immortality.

love means breaking all the rules

I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.