I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.

I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

Warren Beatty was one hell of a lover - but we fought like stray dogs

Faith is a fortified wall.

Why just celebrate birthdays? Why not celebrate every day? In reality, we are born anew everyday. Everyday is a Birthday!

Generosity is love.

We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value.

Nothing brings you together like a common enemy.

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

As I say to people, never say never.

One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached as a writer and a filmmaker.

If goodness is its own reward, shouldn't we get a little something for being naughty?