Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.
Brit Marling
I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go... →
Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that... →
Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life... →
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.
So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.
I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a... →
Laura Marling
My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.