Every accepted public quote

“I want the State of Israel to remain a Zionist, Jewish and democratic state. There is nothing 'far' or 'ultra' about those ideals. I also advocate the creation of a viable Palestinian state.”

“I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. I'm not a foreign correspondent.”

“Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.”

“Live free or die.”

“Lantas aku apa? Cillean Filleta? Makhluk yang tidak memerlukan pasangan untuk bereproduksi selama hidupnya? Makhluk yang ditakdirkan jomblo sepanjang usianya? Hiks!”

“Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.”

“The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”

“You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy.”

“Young kids should probably not play tackle football. I know this intellectually, but emotionally, I'm conflicted. I love this sport. I grew up playing and adoring football. I love the brothe...”

“I'm that sort of weird guy who will watch a movie almost every day if I can.”

“I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.”

“The question "Who ought to be boss" is like asking "Who ought to be tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.”

“Raise you awareness and share your uniqueness to the world.”

“What are the two biggest things online? Selfies and emojis. We're combining them. Instead of sending some character that means nothing with a hat - what if it was your face doing something?...”

“By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being. Because I'm telling you this story I will your existence. I tell, therefore yo...”

“Mozart is sunshine.”

“I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the rea...”

“I would love to say that you make me weak in the knees but to be quite upfront and completely truthful you make my body forget it has knees at all.”

“For many, love is a two-sided coin. It can strengthen or stifle, expand or enfeeble, perfect or pauperize. When love is returned, we soar. We are taken to heights unseen, where it delights,...”

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

“Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operati...”

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.”

“The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful, to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself.”

“Our phones don't just keep us in touch with the world; they're also diaries, confessional booths, repositories for our deepest secrets.”

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”

“I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.”

“I am literally obsessed with Lena Dunham. She's, like, my favorite person in the world. I follow her on Twitter; I read her every day.”

“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do...”

“A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and a...”

“I'm very scared of water. When you don't see the water... I imagine monsters - stupid things.”

“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

“Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.”

“Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the b...”

“I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I...”

“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”

“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”

“Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.”

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”

“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”

“With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday ho...”

“A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft ca...”

“Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.”

“Be the thing they all fear when they close their eyes at night.”

“Something that is yours forever is never precious”

“You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.”