Perseverance does not equal worthiness. Next time you want to get my attention, wear something fun. Low-riding jeans are hot.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin.

I think that’s the lesson you learn in life. As you get older you realize you’re never going to grow up and you’re never going to be ready. And you may, as well, do things now, don’t wait

Love is a word. A sound. Its association with a particular feeling is arbitrary, unmeasurable, and ultimately meaningless

There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.

Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out.

Nothing is perfect

A writer's mind can never be empty.

One could only learn from the past and move on through the present to make a better future.

In difficult times bring to mind my words and the sound of my voice. In that way, I shall always be present for you.

Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.

The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced Billy Elliot is very, very exciting.

My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning.

The full weight and mystery of your art rests upon your relationship to your subject matter.

Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future.

Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything.