I know that the battle scenes, as well, are quite gory and quite strong. Battle was romantic, but it was far from being easy. It's nice, in both respects, to have that color and contrast.

I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.

I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.

Kids hate anyone who is different.

When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.

My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.

I'm a real animal lover. I adore animals of all shapes and sizes.

Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.

I love jewellery, but it's something I go through stages with. I have my go-to pieces that I will bring out and wear for weeks at a time.

I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.

I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.

You, whom I have always loved and never found, you whom I expected to see at the end of the rails beyond the horizon—

I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I strongly believe that my mind is fully capable of dealing with whatever it shows up with.

I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

As far as Germany extends it ruins culture.

The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.

I rarely plan my research; it plans me.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.