I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics.

Your self esteem is like a notch below Kafka's.

I like the rain. It washes memories off the sidewalk of life.

Your life is always a perfect reflection of your state of heart and mind, and of your truest identity.

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.

It's such a commitment, making a film, you're really dedicated, it's your life, that's all you do for that period of your life.

I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.