I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.

A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor.

Promise me you’ll look after yourself … stay out of trouble …’‘I always do, Mrs Weasley, ’ said Harry. ‘I like a quiet life, you know me.

A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.

If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.

Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would do.

You came from a source.

With Submarine, when I came out of school, people were so lovely and supportive. And you don't get that experience very often. It felt like a family on-set. So Submarine changed so much for me.