To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.

The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbola never perfectly match. Eros is in between.

It is not the monsters we should be afraid of

Not long after we started working for him I asked Bernard if he thought Thatcher was evil, 'I said. 'He said it was like asking what jazz is.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs.

Never say 'no' to adventures.

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

I want fans to give me advice on girls; why do they always say they don’t look good in pictures, even though they look great?

Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue.