A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.

Where is my oasis? Too far fromhere for me to crawl with thesedead legs, refusing to co-operateHands and fingers clawing uselesslythrough the grains of sand...

Because there's beauty in the breakdown.

We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.

Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.

Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programmed into different languages. I fixed Robbie's Coltrane to speak in Turkish.

A man's main job is to protect his woman from her desire to 'get bangs' every other month.

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.

I love finding the vulnerability in characters. There's truth there. There's beauty in vulnerability.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

Plain living and high thinking are no more.