Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.

You can't build a future if you don't have a past.

Whatever I read went under my skin. I almost devoured the literature, which became like a road to discovery.

Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.

I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made.