I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous, ' on the other.

I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

The spark of consciousness is reflected in the river, where a dance of infinite faces lined in profane lights.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

Maybe we all change over time.

I hated my last boss. He asked, Why are you two hours late? I said, I fell downstairs. He said, That doesn't take two hours.

I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.

I just get on with my game and let the referees do their job.

Anyone who calls you "little lady" has already excluded you from the set of people worth listening to.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.