Mourning is never really complete. The mappings of the old play remain in the cortex, like those mappings of the phantom limb.

The point is, whether or not they show it at dinner parties, writers learn, by a necessity of their trade, to be the sharpest of observers.

Three, two, one, and f*ck it!

Accepting oneself, in all your glory and in all your shortcomings, is a major point in becoming your best possible self.

We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.

My natural color is dark blond, but right now I like being a brunette. I did a movie last summer and they dyed my hair platinum - I hated it.

A more humane form of capitalism is about the best I think we can get. Which might sound very reformist or conservative, but that's basically where I am.

If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.

I like to stay in the moment.

Life, the river of the Spirit, consenting to anguish and sorrow.