The process of communication with the afterlife - more of an exchange than a conversation - has always fascinated me.

Berlin is all about volatility. Its identity is based not on stability but on change.

Tell all the truth but tell it slant.

I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative.

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people.

You are quite unnecessary, young man!

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.

If you have an idea and I have an idea - then we EACH have JUST ONE idea...but if you share your idea with me and I do the same...we EACH have TWO ideas!

It's a very weird thing to know where you want to be in life and all of a sudden to actually have taken some real steps is a very strange feeling. I've really done something that I'm proud of.

I grew up in New York, in the Village, and I started going to Stella Adler pretty young. I was 13 or 14 years old. But I was also really shy when I was growing up.

Spending on oneself does not boost wellbeing. However, spending money on others does -- and it appears to be as important to people's happiness as the total amount of money they make.