The way that I see astrology is as a repository of thought and psychology. A system we've created as a culture as way to make things mean things.

Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love.

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view.

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.

She is a loner, too bright for the slutty girls and too savage for the bright girls, haunting the edges and corners of the school like a sullen disillusioned ghost

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past.

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.

I often feel intellectually frustrated when I'm in a position where I'm not moving forward; when I'm not enquiring about something.

Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company.

Susannah continued. "If and when I go off slow dancing in the ever after, I don't want to look like I've been stuck in a hospital room my whole life. I at least want to be tan.

Just keeping being you. Don't worry what people think. Being you is cool, okay?

Great minds believe they will succeed.Average minds doubt they can succeed.Small minds don't even try to succeed.

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

I love big ensemble shows where there are a lot of things going on and you have to really pay attention because there's a lot of nuanced work and universal themes are being explored.

Optimism is a choice. Cynicism isn't smarter - it's just safer.

Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.