Stories are there to entertain, preserve history, or serve a societal purpose of some kind.

I think people are scared, and dumb, and selfish on their own, but put enough of them together and they'll be half-decent

The narrow edge between comfort and discomfort is to a yogi what a grain of sand is to an oyster.

When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.

Not much happens in Russian Federation without Vladimir Putin.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.

Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son's education, than leave it him in your will.

I could never toe the party line. I'd wear out the carpet crossing the floor.

A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.

With art criticism it's difficult to discuss beauty, to assess it, because there's always the possibility that we're insane.

I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.

Exploration by real people inspires us.