Fate never knows when comedy ends and tragedy begins.

To offer a man friendship when love is in his heart is like giving a loaf of bread to one who is dying of thirst.

There is no stronger bond of friendship than a common enemy.

I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day.

When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language.

The world doesn't need more people to save the world, what it really needs is more people to kick asses of those who pollute.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.

The sun looks different from when it rises to when it sets.

Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

9/11 references are like Lay's potato chips...no Congress can make just one.

Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.

Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.