We who are alive at this moment are only an infinitesimal part of something that has existed for eternity and will continue when there is no longer anything to show that earth existed. Still, we must feel and believe that we are all.

Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit.

August Strindberg gave me the opportunity to have this incredible story [Miss Julie ], about the class system, about unfairness in life, but also this story about man and woman. What I wanted, because he gave me the freedom, to give her a voice that I missed a little in her.

The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.

What I have always loved most in men is imperfection.

I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.