This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air--too rich a diet to be swallowed by a mundane world.

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

Now I see -- we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us.

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself

I've never quite understood the idea of a "season." Whenever an artistic director says to me, 'I have this slot,' I always start to feel we're parking cars or something.

Friendship built on top of Lies and betrayal is always shaky and it never last..

Just one pit stop, Rae. One pit stop that won't even take an hour. Then it's over. It's finally over.

When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.

Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again.

Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

I will never tire from repeating my commitment to ensuring that every Brazilian can have breakfast, lunch and supper every day.

I’m lucky to have the kind of life where the differentiation between work and play is absolutely zilch. I have no idea whether I’m working or whether I’m playing.

When it comes to action, I'd say Mel Gibson and Will [Smith] were great.

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.