I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.

Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

Good luck needs no explanation.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

Education is acquisition of intellectual knowledge to be what we ought to be.

You've ruined me, baby. I'm yours...you've got me under your spell.

Rocks are more co-operative than people.

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.

Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Chinese people age overnight.

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.