There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

[On doors of opportunity] If that door doesnt open, Dont worry. It was probably best you got locked out than be locked in. Move on the next door.

There’s no god, it’s the elements that control this world and everything on it.

Ego will always conduct itself to make sure that it does not appear bad.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're are amazing just the way you are.

In New York, they like winners. They don't like second place.

I can knit. I knit all year, day in, day out. It is my passion, and I rarely knit the same thing twice the same way.

If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.

I probably have more friends from 'Twilight' than I've ever had in my whole life.

It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.