Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.

I'm living my life as a journey. My quest is to make it better every year.

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.

I will say only this - when le prête is in the right mood, he can make even the devil afraid to turn his back

A writer’s breakthrough is a breakdown with a smile.

If we are poor learners, our teaching will be ineffective.

I read the whole Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. They don't take long.

Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and repress, through reading, the desire to become a writer.

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie.

There's no soul in perfection.

I love watching comedies. It's my favorite thing to watch and it always lifts my spirits.

Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.