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

“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.”

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

“I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. ”

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

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

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