"There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now."

"I always play women I would date."

"Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live."

"Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else."

"It is a profound truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition."

"Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool."

"I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."