An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.

Of that time, there is still much we do not know.

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.

Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.

I think that just as we're in the nuclear era we're also in an era of non-violence. It's undefeatable.

My first introduction to fashion probably came through television: I was obsessed with Elsa Klensch, who used to cover fashion for CNN.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?

Love creates an "us" without destroying the "me".

It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot it, how everyone was excited.