All that really matters isto feel alive, if only for a single moment –to feel in Intense Sensationthat our existence is not an endless repetitionof sleeping, eating, drinking, and dressing.

History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.

Isn't it enough to be middle-aged and impeccably beautiful? Why must one be economically useful?

You'll never be as OK with the thought of dying as you are in the moments when you know that you are truly living

The usefulness or otherwise of wealth, status and power to a possessor depends only on a single factor: the nature and strength of his reason.

I know, I'm an idiot!" Leo moaned. "A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

The only love she inspires is the canine kind.

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.

Now the entire world has its eyes on China.

I dress sexily - but not in an obvious way. Sexy in a virginal way

I really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something to the movie.

Ah, never shall the land forget How gush'd the life-blood of the brave, Gush'd warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save!