If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.

It was a terrible thing, to love and not know whether you were loved in return, it led to the worst sensations--jealousy, rage, self-loathing--to all these lesser states.

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.

It's not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it's more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.

I do not propose to add anything to what has already been written concerning the loss of the "Lady Vain."

We're just a weed in the universe

I ordinarily do one film a year and the rest of the time I'm at home with the kids. Even when I am working I'm still basically at home and with the kids. I've never left them to go to work.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in Arabic in '83. About my experience in prison.

If you’re really looking for answers, look past me. But if you’re interested in how I got to where I am, I will be as honest as possible.