Experience is the catalyst for all great stories.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.

I have fallen behind time, and am too old to catch it again. Even the noise it makes a long way ahead confuses me.

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.

A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt.

Of course I’m a feminist…if you’re not for the equal treatment of men and women, then you’re a fascist.

Talk to people, not above them.

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined Id be acting in movies.

Intelligence alone can't make a good writer and style alone can't make a good writer - that is, not a really important or significant writer - but the two things together make a really good writer.