I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series.

People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony.

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

How then did it work out, this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this and that and conclude that it was liking one felt, or disliking?

Who cares what a writer looks like as long as their words are beautiful?

Their dad was the god of thieves, but they were about a stealthy as water buffalos.

Harder still was the pretense her studies demanded: the need to dissemble, to parrot her professors' orthodoxies, to feign interest in theories that were of no use to her.

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline.

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

When you're blessed, the haters come out. When you wear God's blessings well, don't be surprised if it draws jealousy out on people.

I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.