To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.

My mother is a walking miracle.

I love being immersed in nature, going to places in the world that are pristine and untouched by man. It's almost a religious experience when you go to a place like the Amazon, and there's no civilisation for thousands of miles.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

Do you suppose she's a wildflower?

The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance

We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch.

The greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA.

The future is too interesting and dangerous to be entrusted to any predictable, reliable agency.

I'm always creative.

Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building up your future.

We're here to live. We're here to do, we're here to be.

It was interesting to portray a character that was so far removed from today's world, but was also at the forefront of feminism at that time.

When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary.

I don't think that I ever thought of myself as a nerd.

At 45, you know what you're doing, but you're still not done.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.