Ninon de L'Enclos

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

There's been a long lineage of a stranger in a strange land, whether it's 'E.T.,' 'Starman,' or other movies about trying to connect with humanity; it struck me that's what a Superman story really is.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.