"Sex is a short cut to everything."

“The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.”

“I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.”

“My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.”

“I feel very fortunate to go surrounded by love. I'm proud of the life I lived.”

“Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.”

Source : "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

“My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.”

“[Writing scripts] I'm not looking to jump in and make super mainstream movies. I still like to make movies that I like to see.”

“Funny thing is, we've never really had a stylist. We had this style, and the label that we're signed to loved it. And I actually thought they were gonna hook me up with all kinds of cool clothes. But they were like, "No, no, no! Your leather jacket and your skinny jeans is exactly what you want." Aww, dude. I thought you were gonna hook me up!”