You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.

You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.

My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.

Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage

If you can't help people, then what is the point of being successful?

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't know about before. Then tell somebody else.

My weakness is that I care so much!!! She knew my weakness and USED ME as long as she wants!

Have I..." I venture, terrified of the potential answer. "Have I gone mad?" "No, no, no." She says. "Okay, oui, peut-être, that depends. Maybe you have gone a little mad, and only for a little spell.

Write what you want to write. That's the only advice a writer will ever need.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.

Change begets change.

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so.

I love you. I love you, but I’m turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist.

Life has to end, love doesn't.

Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately, it takes a lifetime to master.