In the dim light of the computer screen he seemed otherworldly; Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage.

Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?

The pain has left but I know that it has not gone far, that it is sulking somewhere in a corner or under the bed and it will jump out when I least expect it.

There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.

It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.

Listen, sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing.

Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion.

I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me.

Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.

It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.

we both smile and we are conspirators.

Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love, ' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

I'm connecting and that's really what any artist wants at the end of the day which is to connect with their fans and supporters.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

Certainly it is important to work hard for your children, but if the only legacy you can give them is money it is a poor legacy indeed.

In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system.

How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.