I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Surround yourself with family and treasure your time together. Family aren’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who want you in theirs

A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.

Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.

The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn't got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

I didn't like people rewriting my dialogue. I didn't like the fact that we'd start a comic with the Joker, and by the time we inked it, he would have turned into the Scarecrow.

Women my age just don't turn me on. That's another problem with getting older. I took out an older woman the other night, and I mean old. I told her, Act your age. She died.