We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.

And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.

I've never tried to manipulate my image.