I'm not really a practising Jew but I keep a kosher kitchen just to spite Hitler.

I know that I will go to my grave as Professor Sprout, whatever else I’ve done.

I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.

Communication is something we all take for granted.

I enjoy finding the right word and giving each its full measure, its full space in a sentence.

I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her.

I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it hasn't. Yet!

The truth is that few know the truth.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics.

I try to identify myself with the atoms ... I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.

I've done yoga, and I want to start Pilates soon.

There's round-winners, and there's fighters.

Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

If you take advantage of the fact that technology abolishes distance, then you won't need to go to India. Just go to Indiana.