Into this world, this demented innin which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

Don’t freak out, I’m getting into the bed, ” he said.

I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.

My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most mature book.

To establish yourself as an actress, you have to become well known. A girl just starting out, I would tell her to concentrate on acting, but she doesn't have to go around wearing blankets.

Oftentimes, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.

When love brings so much joy, why must it bring so much pain?

I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.

I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange.

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.

We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.