Dont forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.

Anything processed by memory is fiction.

Photographers can create moments that will never happen again but last a lifetime.

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.

Love as air loves the leaves.

A sword held in vengeance only leads to grief.

It will all stop someday, but not for billions of years. Many billions. Even the stars run down, you know. Entropy must increase.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone.

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.

I am not... totally unreceptive to colour providing it makes its appearance quietly, deferentially, and without undue fanfare.

We are many, many selves. We're not just a finite being. The selves don't necessarily speak in words. But they are you.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

Jean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. "After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind.