We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.

The first thought that occurred to me, that night when I heard the chairman of the jury announce my name, was, Just think how many people hate me at this moment. Naturally, I wanted to annoy those people even further by being arrogant.

A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.

I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get.

That's one of the many things I hate about life, that it's a hideously cliched business.

The past beats inside me like a second heart.

Where I went, no one could follow. Yet someone managed to hold my hand.