Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

But who wants an easy life ? It's boring !

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.

Everything I wear doesnt put me in the league of women. If I were a boy, I could look a lot prettier than a lot of boys I know.

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

People always like things that seem exotic.

I didn't really think of myself as being a muse.

MANAGE YOUR MOOD: Name 1 thing that surprised you today...Name 1 thing that moved you...Name 1 thing that inspired you...

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

Particular lies may speak a general truth.

My wife and I went back to the hotel where we spent our wedding night. Only this time, I stayed in the bathroom and cried.

When the time came for me to work with larger spaces, I conceived them as gardens, not as sites with objects but as relationships to a whole.

No matter how bad it is, or how bad it gets; I'm going to make it.

Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.

Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock.

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather.