And she shrank away again, back into her darkness, and for a long while remained blotted safely away from living.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.

The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

Models, even male models - how small they've gotten! It looks great for clothes, but it's not what you want in real life. Why do we have to keep looking at ourselves and measuring?

Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football.

[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.

Life is too short for chess.

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.

I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament.

The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer.