the finest achievements are those of the pen. ... To me God the Father is a writer.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.

I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

You can’t believe in fate only when it sends you something you want, only when things turn out right. You have to accept what fate sends you or doesn’t send you, no matter whether or not you like it.

Well, you can fairly claim the day hasn't been wasted, ' owned Cadfael generously, 'if something's been learned.

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber.

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

It is in writing of the emotions that style becomes most individual, in moments of passion, betrayal, of life and death.

It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson - the Republicans don't do a thing for the little man.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

Do not betray the people.