Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.

We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

No one is entirely useless. Even the worst of us can serve as horrible examples.

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.

My, my, aren’t we pushy . . .

For me, self-care is a lesson I'm still learning. But it begins with space away from the heaviness of life. I now take time to play, laugh, and, every once in awhile, sleep.

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.

Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you, like, wow, and that's why I love acting so much.

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.