Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

The lucky people that end up doing what they love even find out somethings that they don't love it as much as they thought.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard.

Gaiety is one of the most important elements I brought to fashion. I brought it through color.

People come up to me... concerned... that I'll reproduce.

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.

You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

As you gain elevation [on the mountain] your IQ goes down - but your emotional affect goes up, which is great for having a mythic experience, whether you want to or not.

Can I take advantage of you in the limo?” His eyes laughed at me. “By all means, angel mine.