I claim the right to contradict myself. I don't want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.

Life is a combination of magic and pasta.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.

A different language is a different vision of life.

Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.

The visionary is the only realist.

No matter what happens, always Keep your childhood innocence. It's the most important thing.

Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.

Nothing is more honest than a dream.

Never trust a woman who doesn’t like to eat. She is probably lousy in bed.

...that's what friends did. Let each other off the hook when they didn't want to talk.

I admire some people for their brilliance and I respect others for their strength. But I am indebted to those who can rekindle my spirit.

I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character.

You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one of the purposes of life is not to care.

I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words.

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a large margarita

I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.

A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.