Worry is a sustained form of fear caused by indecision
Everything we do has consequences.
I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.
We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there - but please let some of the contempt be there.
Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all the same. ' They are all the same in certain ways, alas - a political animal is such an animal. But lurking somewhere behind their rhetoric and their spittle are important choices that we should make.
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.
The best museum is Bloomingdales.
This whole 'X Factor' thing with people assuming I'm going to be a one-hit wonder - that won't happen with me.
'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.