I don't want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be allowed to do that, as should men, without being sneered at.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita.

I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance.

I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Sometimes regardless of what we want, reality takes over.

Even if you think you are thinking and acting globally, there is always more to learn and know!

Earlier today former Vermont Governor Howard Dean became the new head of the Democratic National Committee -- no word on who will be the neck.

I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.

When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that they see the song.

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry.