Set designers, costume designers, actors, writers, music, that's what is beautiful.

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

Dare to travel on new path.

i've always wanted, basically, to do research in the form of a spectacle.

I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.

Be respectful to your peers and yourself, of course. Don't be a jerk. But at the same time don't settle for anything less than yourself.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

75% of what happens to Paul Gascoigne in his life is fiction.

Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

I am convinced that God Himself is tampering with the economic system of the world to reduce us back to Him.

You want me to sneak up on an angel and rip out its pinfeathers, so you can make a fashion statement?