I never thought I was doing anyone a favour by bringing children into the world. With people as cruel to each other as they are, it's a terrible proposition. The best of lives are sad and tragic. The best of them. My general conclusion is that it's not a nice thing to do. The world doesn't need it. The kid doesn't need it.

You are much more dependent on luck than you think. People say if you want to have a good relationship, you have to work at it. But you never hear it about anything you really like, about sailing or going to soccer games.

The meaning of life is that nobody knows the meaning of life.

The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that.

Man cannot live by bread alone. Every once in awhile he needs a salad.

My heart says one thing. My head says another. Very hard to get your heart and head together in life.

Once the movie's over, there's not much point. When the thing is edited, mixed, and color-corrected, and you've finished it... In my case, I never read anything about it, I never think about it.