And when I look into his eyes there’s a feeling of something I can only describe as familiarity, a sense of safety. Like coming home.

The trouble with words is that no matter how much sense they make in theory, they can’t change what you feel inside.

There is nothing for you in this bleak hospital room but a cold and empty nothingness that has no answers, can give no peace, will provide no comfort to the living.

No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest.

Dragonsbane, they called him.Slayer of dragons.Or a dragon, anyway. And, he'd later found out, not such a very big one at that.

Very few people see their own actions as truly evil, ... It is left to their victims to decide what is evil and what is not.

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge.

It's a disservice, really, when we put celebrated people on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human. It's a very lonely experience for the individual. It's not a sustainable way to live.

People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse.

You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

It's very challenging to learn something new as an adult.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.