I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about Emmett Till and the world's brutality.

Tell me a story. Be my storyteller.

I loved English literature - if didn't it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered ways to repeat words, to put more emphasis on certain lines.

For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to.

I lost you when you left me to find yourself.

All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.

Women are defined by their biography, and men are sacrosanct from their biography.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.

The fashion industry at large has been the worst public relations vehicle for larger women and petite women, they are both maligned and neglected. And I honestly do believe it's getting better.

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.