No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.

I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode.

People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree.