There's a heartbeat in any country that carries on regardless - at least in Europe. That's what worries me about America, because I'm not sure what that heartbeat is - unless it's the heartbeat of someone who's just arrived, who just ran over the border two weeks ago.

There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.

I think still it is very fine not to want children. There are far too many people in the world. It is my contribution to ecology.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

I certainly think that he [Alan Rickman] was a kind of actor who needed to grow into his maturity to realize the potential, the huge potential that he had.

It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically .

My parents believed in education and economic security, and I thank them for it. Because I think that's part of what's made my life stable. It was instilled in me. You have to be able to pay your bills. You do not get into debt. And I never have been.