“Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.”

“Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.”

“I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool, an optimist must know what a sad place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.”

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit.”

“I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.”

“The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.”

“Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares”