Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.

You will need an evidence to show the world that you didn’t waste your time here on earth.

It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.

For every failure, there's an alternativecourse of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.

The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.

You won't even know you've crossed the line until it's way back in your rearview mirror.

The only use for a knife during a shark attack is pure treachery: Stab your buddy, swim like hell, and hope the munchies take him.