I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.

We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.

I love a really good storyline.

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.

I haven't got a writer's discipline.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

It is not possible to satisfy women, " a friend said. "We are disturbed if we have children too young. Disturbed if we have then later. Disturbed if we don't have children at all.

Never forget who was with you from the start....The people who stick by you at your worst, deserve to enjoy being with you at your best.

Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way

A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

I urge each of you to think seriously about the vision Dr. Daniel puts forth and think about what you can do to make it happen.

Truth is not by nature free - nor error servile - but that its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.

Love transforms one into what one loves.

I don't want to travel.