Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes… We’re all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void.

Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy.

Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I decided to throw them all on camera, which is the only way I seem to know to relate to people.

You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is. You do not pass through this life, it passes through you. You experience it, you interpret it, you act, and then it is different. That happens constantly. You are changing the world. You always have been.