When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

It is our time, our task and our destiny - from "Opoponax Dreams

Now I am about to take my last voyage a great leap in the dark.

I didn't go to the cinemas a lot as a kid.

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

Every shot that kills ricochets.

The 3 A's of awesome: attitude, awareness and authenticity.

It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.