We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

I perfectly understand the obsession with shoes. I myself am pretty obsessed. I have a few hundred pairs of shoes in general, because I've been collecting shoes for a long time.

I dont fully understand my wifes emotions - and Im supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.

The right attitude toward any negative state begins with understanding that its only authority over you is a direct reflection of your attitude towards it.

After you get a job and before you have to do it. Nothing beats that.

When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable.

I know that I have a lot of friends who are envious of me. But if there is something to be gained, obviously something else has to be lost, right? Lately I miss the things I’ve lost.

I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

A virtue which is divine is humility.

Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child