Immortality is but ubiquity in time.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Everything opens a new door, a book opens a new door, facts open a new door. So choose your favourite thing and I promise it will open a door.

I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off.

Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it's fun when I get to be expressive in another way.

It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.

The 99 percent of those people who voted for Donald Trump are not Alt-righters. They are not racists. They've never even heard of the word.

I went to the movie this weekend with a gun. And surprise, surprise, I didn't kill anybody!

I think that different things sell in different countries.

I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.

When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.

Without Mona, Hanna felt like a great outfit without matching accessories, a screw-driver that was all orange juice and no vodka, and an iPod without headphones. She just felt wrong.