I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well.

Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.

You have to have a little faith in people.

I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening.

The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are genetic tendencies toward mental illness, you need to be aware of them.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.

Any writer of horror needs to at least have a good, solid love of the genre. Also, good horror writers need to have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Without humor, horror just isn’t as good.

They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.

That's why I started amplifying my voice at all, to capture the little sounds I make when I am pushing my body physically, drumming away.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

And if we seem nutty to you and if we seem like an odd ball to you, just remember one thing. The mighty oak tree was once a nut just like me.

No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.

We Poles are and will remain convinced Europeans. For us, Europe is a community of the diversity of nations. No mishmash.

I am sick of living out of a suitcase.

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.

Because the moment you stop doing the very things that got you to the top of the mountain is the very moment you begin the slid down to the valley.