Fate and family put me in charge of this city. I will run it my way.

Is there an antidote to the perennial seductiveness of war? And is this a question a woman is more likely to pose than a man? (Probably yes.)

if you don't believe, nothing ever happens at all.

The hand of the painter is incurably mechanical: his technique is incurably artificial... The camera... is so utterly unmechanical.

The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing.

I started coming to L.A. as often as I could, for three months on and three months off, because immigration kicks you out after 90 days.

I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.

That's my point: What's she [Hillary Clinton] got to show for her 30 years around town? Right on!

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.

Keep your brow game on point and always pack a lip gloss.