. . .you sounded frustrated and pissed off and amazingly happy

This is the problem with forever friends. They know too much.

Do you love him?"How would I know?"You'd know.

but that shadow self of hers wasn't so sure. The ugly, toxic thought was smaller than a drop of blood, yet it poisoned the entire stream.

It felt as if she were bleeding - but it wasn't blood that leaked out of her, not something that could be easily transfused. Instead she was losing her dreams.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

The essential premise of Buddhism is that there is enlightenment, there is nirvana. Beyond this world, beyond all worlds, there's something radiant, perfect and eternal.

I found I was having continually to please the sort of people I'd always hated when I was a child. This began to bring me back to reality.

In no other sport is the connection between performer and observer so intimate, so frequently painful, so unresolved

A Rick Santorum presidency would be very, very dangerous for America.

Genuine happiness is hard to miss.

Education must open the eyes and enable them to recognise the One behind the many.

As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice.

As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.