I faced the "dead lion" courageously but will definitely run if I meet a roaring one...

Anything creative requires a bit of acting, and filling in blanks with imagination.

If a person cannot protect you, it is because you were meant to perfect them.If they cannot perfect you, you are meant to protect them.

Every joy is like a piece of mirror: always reflecting..

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

Perverseness is your whole defence.

Things fell into place and there was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And - I was - I was successful.

And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in my hands and hold it.

I'm a little territorial and defensive.

I would say she [Barbara Stanwyck] did her job as best she could; an honest day's work for an honest day's pay - and when it was over, it was over.