Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Those who don't know must learn from those who do.

Be careful when you set intentions

Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end.

Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place.

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

Truth wanders everywhere, but especially and frequently, it wanders in the silence. To meet with it, you wander in the silence too.

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia

You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can't do unless there's something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through.

When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.