I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

...but there was never enough time to read. The great irony of working in a library.

It’s so unrewarding, being a woman.

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.

Our hope is a certainty based on the truths that God is in complete control of our universe and that He loves us.

I'm kind of a neat freak. My place is really organized. My socks are even organized: colors and sizes.

It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth