“I'm really fun. I'm ridiculously fun. I hope I'm infectiously fun.”

“In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.”

“Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.”

“I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.”

“I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.”

“I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back.”

“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.”

“Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.”

“I have met a few Casanovas I like and a few I have not liked - and I hope to meet a few more.”