Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

You can always be a better person, a better version of you, focus on that you do that makes you feel good, cultivateactivities that make you feel in peaceand make them part of your daily life.

I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

When my family isn't alright, I get restless. It just doesn't seem right to me.

I like to sing love songs.

Once I start shooting I forget the scriptwriter in me. I like things flowing. If you have talented actors who bring their own ideas, it can be much better than what you have worked out.

I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I'm middle-aged I see how right I was.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.

That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison.

Cherish your tears and their reasons, they will be the light of your smile, your inner peace and reconciliation.