When a man's home is born out of his heart and developed through his labor and perfected through his sense of beauty, it is the very cornerstone of life.

The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.

There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.

Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement.

I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

I make decisions to do movies based on the cast. I'd just been working with Zach Galifianakis on 'The Hangover', and I was thinking, I've got to find something to do with this guy immediately.

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.