As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

I do believe that one way to have a destiny is to choose one.

I really love 'Dexter.' I'd like to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' or 'Breaking Bad'.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

When you're a regular on your show, that's your family. When people come in and out, it doesn't mean that you don't embrace them, but they have to leave.

Trying to get more learning out of the present system is like trying to get the Pony Express to compete with the telegraph by breeding faster ponies.

Every problem has one immediate cause, many remote causes, long term and short term effects

You need a really solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write.

'I am that I am,' said the Eternal. The Eternal - it is the race. One in substance - undifferentiated. One in time - stable and eternal.

Having fun isn't hard When you've got a library card.

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

What is gained through ignorance is bound to be lost through ignorance

Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.