"'Ofa au 'ia koe he 'oku faka'ofa au 'i ho'o 'afio hoifua Pea kapau 'ikai te ke loto ai, pea teu fakafeao'i au koe!" "Si hoku tamai, si hoku tamai, 'oku ne to'o au! 'Ikai faikovi 'a e Tu'i 'Elefa kia au!"

Ko hai 'oku heka tomui 'i he po mo e havili? Ko ia ko e tamai mo hono foha Ne ma'u fakamalu ia 'i hono nima Ne puke ia ke ma'u 'o ne puke ia ke mamafana.

"'E si'eku foha, ko e ha 'oku ke fufu'i ho mata mo e ilifia?" "Tamai, vakai ka ke sio ai 'a e Tu'i 'Elefa? Ko e Tu'i 'Elefa tui pale mo e kofu tu'a? 'E si'eku foha, he 'oku ha kakapu ia."

"'Oiaue tamasi'i ko koe, ha'u 'o 'alu mo au! Ha va'inga fakava teu va'inga mo koe. Matalai'akau ni'ihi lanu tokolahi 'i mataatahi, Ma'u vala koula tokolahi 'e he'eku fa'e."

"'E hoku tamai, 'e hoku tamai, pea 'ikai fanongo koe Ko e tala'ofa ha 'oku tala angamalu 'e he Tu'i 'Elefa kiate au?" "Na'a, longolongo, 'e hoku tamasi'i He 'oku kokola 'e he lau 'akau mo e havili."

'E tamasi'i lelei, te ke si 'alu mo au? Pau ke ke tali ki hoku ta'ahine Taki he'eku ta'ahine ha hulohula fakapo'uli 'O tetetete'i pea hulohula 'o hiva ha fasi ke ke mohe."

Si hoku tamai, si hoku tamai 'o 'ikai sio koe 'i ai Ko e 'ofefine 'o e Tu'i 'Elefa 'i ha feitu'u po'ulietonga Si'eku foha, si'eku foha he sio lelei 'e au Uloulo ai 'a e 'akauuilou fu'u hina."

Ilifia 'a e tamai pea ne heka vave pe Ne puke 'i hono nima 'a e tamasi'i kuo tangi Ne a'u ki he ngoue mo e ngaue lahi pea mo e ongosia 'I hono nima na'e mate 'a e tamasi'i.

I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk.

A community having the breadth and scope of a people still cannot claim to be an ethnic community unless and until there emerges from its mentality a distinctive culture particularized by the community's special character.

Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are.

I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.

These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports.

The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.

I've always wanted to go to Phuket in Thailand.

I don't get the jitters and I don't get nervous, because I build that comfort on set for myself. Sometimes if I'm gonna do something really crazy, it helps me to yell or look like an idiot on set, so that when I'm about to do a scene, I've already embarrassed myself. I find ways to work around getting the jitters.

Mirrors have three purposes. To show you who you are. To show you who you were. And to show you who you want to be.

If you want to know what your true beliefs are take a look at your actions.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.

A novel is too much of a commitment. I tend to peruse Twitter - I check to see if I had any mentions and read the latest messages.

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

I knew I couldn't solve it. Because I couldn't figure out what made her drink when things were going well.

I drive out to this quail farm, where I get a lot of these incredible quail eggs, which I eat all day long. And I eat a lot of superfoods like goji, cacao and chia seeds, things like that. And I like unpasteurised milk of the goat and the sheep. They send it once a week from Pennsylvania, from the Amish farms, and I get it in Los Angeles.

The writer's job is to let the books speak for themselves eventually.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.