I don't think perfect is interesting. I think what makes life exciting is the imperfections.

I like a boyish quality in a man, somebody who is still adventurous. But I have no rules. I do not care - within reason - about your chronological age. I care whether you have passion in your life.

I'm not perfect, but those flaws make an interesting person.

I don't ever want to get too comfortable in my career or life. My nature is such that I'm always looking for new challenges.

I date older men, and I date younger men. I have no rules about that.

When I was in high school in St. Louis my best friend was Marsha Mason. Marsha was a year ahead of me.

All three wore the air of superiority assumed by people who are already in a place when studying new arrivals.

She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not.

But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.

A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.

Imagination is like the drunk man who lost his watch and must get drunk again to find it.

I like 'Unsung' but I'd rather have a 'Behind the Music' while I'm still breathing.

Let's do something beautiful for God.

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.