The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.

Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.

Sadistic literature is not only inhumane. It is anti-human.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

Hope is a talent like any other.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.

She did not so much cook as assassinate food.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.

My poor little New Zealand: exporting frozen meat in peace, live meat in war.

I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.

It may not be given to you. But if you're ready to earn it, the universe is yours.

We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.

When you are a pit bull, and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out.

Though I carry enough electronics to get nervous in a lightning storm, I love paper and I always have a Moleskine journal with me to capture notes, conversations and ideas.

Reality' is a word with many meanings.