Grace Quotes

If I miss anything, it's being able to hang out in the city of New York meeting people and talking to them on the corner.

A joke is necessary at this time.

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

As an older person, I do feel an obligation to tell the story about what was really happening in the fifties, sixties, and seventies, as I saw it.

I don't have any degrees. I went to Hunter College one year and New York University another year. It's just on the basis of my books that I've been hired at any of the places I've been.

I am very interested in people trying to write because I don't have a big academic background at all.

The women's movement was coming, but I didn't know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write.

No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.

I actually I don't feel a lot of hate on Twitter very often.

I would love to play a 1940's style fast-talking reporter lady. That's probably the dream.

If one isn't parsimonious before Christmas one can't be munificent when it arrives.

the creative mind is as delicately balanced as the needle trembling in a compass; the presence of antagonistic metal deflects it instantly.

Cynicism's always a pose - always.

When in doubt, always start a new paragraph.

I think it jumps generations. You get a screwball in one, and then the next one is straight, then you get a screwball. My grandmother was goofy, my mother was straight.

The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.

I do what I love to do, what I choose to do.

God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?

I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head

I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were.

I'm very fond of drugs.

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.

A man can choose his enemies but not his supporters.

in religion even when the reward is far the hope is so immediate.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.

I put Liam at the top of the list, the male actor list, because I had just seen Schindler's List again and Michael Collins, and I was just like, 'God, what an incredible actor.'

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.

I think as far as the action genre goes, I like when it has a sense of humor. I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.

I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.

I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.

When you're winning the grass is greener, the cigars are sweeter and the girls are better looking!

I just hope Sammy (Sosa) gets the attention he deserves. Not only has he hit sixty-two homers, but he has carried us. He is without doubt the MVP of the National League.

I'm all about the crockpot.

I think all politicians lie.

I wouldn't call it "police reform," but I would say that police procedure enhancement could be helpful - these police shootings are absolutely horrible.

I am not anti-cop, I am pro-cop.

I really believe that professional wrestlers are not protected. I think everybody gets a big kick out of watching them and whether the wrestling is real or not, people love watching it.

Based on what I know of the case, Burke Ramsey was not the killer. I absolutely do not believe that Burke Ramsey had anything to do with his sister's murder.

I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.

I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.