Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.

Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

Music is my life. It's inseparable from anything else that I do.

The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures.

President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal?

I don't know why I love cherries and I love pickles. I eat about two or three Claussen pickles a day. Those are just things I snack on.

I was born into a world of art. I always thought that in life, you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep and you draw.

Truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.

Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs

I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.