To modernize their sleeping habits, [Peter the Great] declared, 'Ladies and gentlemen of the court caught sleeping with their boots on will be instantly decapitated.

They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.

What is writing, after all, except fumbling in darkness endeavoring to light a candle?

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world that seems to us to be real.

I'm sure I cause just as much consternation for editors as any other actor, it definitely makes me feel more comfortable understanding how and why all the different camera setups exist.

Charlie Rose is the ultimate ad.

Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend.

The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.

[In] 2029, I think, computers will match and exceed human intelligence in the ways we're now superior, like being funny, where we still have an edge.

What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical in fact.