To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all!

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift... that's why they call it present

When your ideas shatter established thought, expect blowback.

Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.

And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.

It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!

The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don’t recognize as real.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

To love someone else enough to forget about yourself even for one moment is to be free.

The news of Mr. Breitbart’s death came as a surprise to me when I was informed of it this morning. My prayers go out to Mr. Breitbart’s family as they cope during this very difficult time.

I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.