I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

Masturbation is the thinking man's television.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am.

...That's why we have the Museum, Matty, to remind us of how we came, and why: to start fresh, and begin a new place from what we had learned and carried from the old.

Any time a beloved character is killed off, it affects the audience in a very powerful way, especially in a series.

Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.

I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you?"

I have a dream... I have a dream today... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.

In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.

I thought I'd explained it clearly before. Bella, I can't live in a world where you don't exist.

For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.