You think it's impossible to be a passive fighter? Well, sometimes fighting just means existing. Existing, not going away, and quietly biding your time.

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.

I felt so skinless at times! Things hit me so hard!

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

Embrace what you have in common, celebrate what sets you apart.

Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.

You are only pretentious if you are not sincere.

Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not...

I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe.