He's stuck at 3:14 a.m. with only the moon to talk to.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

Religion allows people to ignore the needs of real beings in favour of the supposed wishes ofa being that does not exist.

I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith.

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also be women who are not committed to equality.

I'm reading a lot of scripts. It makes my career decisions in that sense much the same way I consume media.

I don't think it is wrong, racist, immoral or anything, for a country to say 'we will decide what the cultural identity and the cultural destiny of this country will be and nobody else'.

"Equestrian", by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called Two Equestrians.

When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs. A Frank Sinatra album sets a certain mood, just as a Clash record sets another.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.

I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.