From that altitude, the world looked calm and vivid and possible. But by the time we landed at Prestwick the clouds were down like the black cap on a hanging judge.

The pity is not that there is a myth of Sylvia Plath but that the myth is not simply that of an enormously gifted poet whose death came carelessly, by mistake, and too soon.

The sizzle I felt being near him was so intense, but I couldn't figure out if they were fireworks or warning flares.

Our abilities to understand, adjust, and change make us wise.

Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her.

I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in.

Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.

A man must either imitate the vicious or hate them.

Bad times don't last, bad guys do.

I'm the person who writes most of my movies so every role is exactly what I want to be doing.

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift.