Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

I don't think about being beautiful or not being beautiful. ... It's more about feeling confident inside your own skin really and thinking about yourself as little as possible.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.

If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.Either you just let the grudge go, or make him chary.

If you bear the cross unwillingly you make it a burden and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.

The more time we spend with Mother nature the more we fall in love with her.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

Without the ball, you can't win.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

A good book is never finished—-it goes on whispering to you from the wall.