It is within the bonds of marriage that I, for one, found a greater freedom to be and to become and to share myself thatn I can imaine ever having found in any other kind of relationship.

The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around.

It is more than just memory, I think, that binds us to the past. The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around...

Nothing is more memorable than truth beautifully told.

Are you in control of your life, or are circumstances in control of you.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

I guess I've been fortunate in having an ongoing film career while being based in Melbourne. I'm happy to commute. A day on a plane. Come on. It's easy.

To accept an unorthodoxy is always to inherit unresolved contradictions

A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.

There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost turns.

I cringe every time I see no evidence of push-back by the Republican Party on Obama policies.