Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel—and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.

It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.

For tho' from out our bourne of time and place The flood may bear me far I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.

That was the wonderful thing about Ramanujan. He discovered so much, and yet he left so much more in his garden for other people to discover.

The most exciting thing in the world to me is that I'm doing what I love to do, and that I'm successful doing it. Pursuing my dream and executing it is exciting to me.

[On George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis:] Americans now know they can vote for a man who can't express his thoughts or a man who can't express his feelings.

Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities.