"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."

“If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.”

“There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.”

“How lucky I've been to live in such beautiful places and able to make them as I dreamed. I've been lucky. I've adored my houses more than my friends (or husbands).”

“Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.”

Source : Pliny (the Younger.), Betty Radice (1969). “Letters and Panegyricus”, Heinemann ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press

“I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I'm not conceited. I just think, 'Wow, okay, that's the life you want to live.' It wasn't about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, 'Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?' But in so many of those questions, I immediately stopped and said, 'No, don't start doing that.' Because you can get stuck in that cycle and you can carry on to other things.”

“I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The cool, grey city of love.”

Source : George Sterling (1921). “Sails and Mirage”

“The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.”