Nothing that we love overmuch Is ponderable to our touch.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it.

I wish I was friends with things, " he said at last, "but I'm not. I never had anything to be friends with, and I can't bear people.

The increasingly thoughtful child can see the whole horribly upset world and would be understandably totally bewildered and deeply troubled by it

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

I'm very lucky that I've worked mainly with two amazing photographers in David Sims and Steven Meisel.

Love makes the air light.

Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on.

Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.