When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

It means something, but it doesn't change anything.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading and listening.

In the recession people are going to be looking even more at what movie stars are wearing, as it provides a fantasy outlet.

Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.

So often, when you're playing the lead in your own show, it is all about you.

Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I'm in Oz, Just trying to tell it like it was.

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.