When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

There are moments in your life that can change you forever, and you Norah, you are my forever moment.

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

I'm good at reading people.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

I mean, I made The Phantom, although The Phantom was, believe it or not, an independent film. It was just a very large, expensive independent film.

I'm cautious about a lot of words

He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

Just play every hand, you can't miss them all.

Friends die in war. It is easier to remember this before the war than after.

Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them.