The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.

Hope is a gift. You can't choose to have it. To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain.

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're carrying on your shoulders.

Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.

Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

Do you think there's such a thing as a ghost who masquerades as a person? Do you believe that there are people whose bodies are still alive here on earth but whose souls are already in hell?

The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?

Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling.

I've been in clubs. I don't like being in an enclosed place with really loud music, and a lot of drunk people. It's not my idea of a good time. It's just such a miserable life.

Every day in life there are challenges; whether you're an accountant, a race car driver or whatever you do.

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever.

Start telling the stories that only you can tell.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

We always look at the margin of safety in the balance sheet and then worry about the business.

You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong!

It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses and what to do about them.