It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.

And as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.'

And how long will your fingers be so tangled in the law that you can't live out of My grace?

There's more power in being Oprah Winfrey than in being Barack Obama.

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.

The 'expert' is the man who stays put.

Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love' in 1977.

40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.