I don't see the world in sexual divisions.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

Hate creates a darkness in your soul. You can't shine until you let it go.

Use what you have got to create your world.

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

Wisdom begins at the end.

I'm just one of these unpopular musicians.

God not only sees where you are, He sees where you can be.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface it seems so different for me.

If you know you don't have a win, then there's no use for you being in the game.