I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all.

There is something very attractive about blonds, especially for brunettes. Its been said that blonds are loved and brunettes do the loving.

With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. Short hair removes obvious femininity and replaces it with style.

My worst image of myself is me sitting on a bed, smoking a cigarette, waiting for a phone call and thinking thoughts that don't join together.

The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

The Germans have a wonderful combination of pathos, energy, and humor. They are like Californians with an education.

Paris is the only place where I feel that I lead a life that I can call my own.

I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.

I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact with what I was going and tempting fate.

I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel was about.

This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.

I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing together.

I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but that I have remained largely unread.

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.

I had enough time being single to know I have no regrets about being married!

Let bygones be bygones...but where I'm from, We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young.

Mother love is invariably held sacred, as it should be, but why has father love never had its due?

I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.