“Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others...” — Eva Green Quote

“Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.”

“Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.”

“I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality.”

“I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of that time. Poets were still poor, had little sponsored work, and could not depend on a sympathetic reaction to their poetry. But the idea of the poet was honored.”

“In places such as Kazakhstan and Mongolia people depend on each other a lot more. We can often be quite detached in the West, with e-mail and telephones, whereas in those countries people rely on each other more. It's lovely because you feel like, although you're a stranger, they respect you as a friend and want to help you.”