he had offered some of his own background. A youth in the South. An education in the North. Bred for life in the East. Trying not to die in the West.

Self-study is the key to success.

To enjoy each breathing day, you have to set time aside to play.

When you give others a new chance, a new chance is really being given to you.

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.

I think anything that you can't poke fun at is a little too precious.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

Go, little booke! go, my little tragedie!

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.

I'm writing, I'm using language, I'm using that language to tell stories and even more so to get ideas across. And I just love that, and I've always loved that.