You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwhatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.

I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.

First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're going to see your film assembled for the first time. You look at it and go, This is terrible. I hate it.

When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.

It's more useful to have someone fear you than respect you.

People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

The good deed you do today for a brother or sister in need will come back to you some day for humanitys a circle in deed.

We're from New York, so we have a decent following.

Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It's such an odd thing to end up doing.

I truly love coming to work every day.

The most beautiful destination I've been to was the Seychelles Islands, and the most culturally inspiring place was Mumbai, India.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself.

The life of a model is so varied that I never know what will be happening from one week to the next.

I live in New York. I have an amazing apartment over there; I have this amazing life over there that's full of glamour. I get treated like a queen over there - and that's one of the reasons I love coming home. It's very grounding.

It's so rare, actors who are not vain.

The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything.

Japan and Hawaii enjoy a special connection, and I want to honor this enduring relationship.

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally.

Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'

I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.