He wanted to know all about me and my family and especially my childhood.That's where everything starts, he'd say. Both heaven and hell.

He wanted to know all about me and my family and especially my childhood.'That's where everything starts', he'd say. 'Both heaven and hell.

He wanted to know all about me and my family and especially my childhood."That's where everything starts, " he'd say. "Both heaven and hell.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.

My general approach to making art making hasn't changed much since I was 20, poor, and writing songs in my bedroom wanting to get my art out of my body into the world in some way.

I started doing makeup to make a living. Then I said, You're not supposed to be putting powder on other people. You're supposed to be powdering yourself.

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits.

Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.

As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me.