There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

No woman has an abortion for fun.

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

We are making gods out of global celebrities.

Love does not always end well.

I have a hundred million fans, Angela, but I have very few friends.

Tyranny is the wolf cast by the shadows of sheep.

And I met Madeline's necromancer. His name's Luca." "A death detector?" Tod made a face. "That's creepy." "It gets weirder. He's dating Sophie." "On purpose?

You have to be willing to be a live performer, if you want to make money as an independent.

I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.

There are some people I've met and it's stressful just speaking to them, because they're really pretentious and I don't know how to talk to them without being pretentious back.

When you seek a connection to God, you suffer. God is not absent.

Once you pledge, don't hedge.

The best films in the world, you've got to beg and plead and try your best to get.