I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.

Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

Benjamin, we’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?

Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you go forwards or backwards: you need to live your life as well as you can.

She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.

You never know what's coming for you.

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Our children are interested in the BIG picture. That is where the deep natural learning seems to get done. It is totally opposite to everything I have ever learnt at school.

curiosity did not kill the cat

The earth doesn't move backward (very much) when you walk only because it's much more massive than you are.

Do something to move yourself toward your major goal every day.

Since 1980, there have been 91 breaches of security at the White House. Well, 92 if you count George Bush.

These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them.

Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and confident about the future.

As a poet and as an actress, we're taught to be far more elaborate with our words and - I wouldn't say generalize, but definitely stronger with our choices.

Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison.