We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.

All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me.

Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I am attracted to mean personalities.

After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it.

Old age - that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.

What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.

I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants - to be loved.

I can't take his genius any more.

Whatever you write about me, don't make it sad.

With the greatest force within, you can go farther.

I wanted to remember in order to be able to return.

Work for your own soul's sake.

A real enlightened teacher is intense and they could care less what you think about anything at any time since you are lost in illusions.

The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry's What It Is, but although I refer to it all the time it's not a creative writing book per se.

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.

For myself, the Creek satisfies a thing that had gone hungry and unfed since childhood days. I am often lonely. Who is not? But I should be lonelier in the heart of a city.

One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.

I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks.

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.