I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.

Having an education is invaluable.

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then you set up systems and you realize they don't work.

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating.

I'm 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh.

Wealth of good manners is what no one can steal from you. You can keep it with you wherever you go.

It's a sad day when Republicans will attack fellow Republicans on an issue as fundamental as free enterprise.

A mother's love is like a beacon, Burning bright with Faith and Prayer, And through the changing scenes of life, We can find a haven there.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

We've arrived at a point where the President of the United States is going to lead a war on traditional marriage.

My drawings are another kind of music for me...they relax me and I think they all connect somehow.

Like the collector, the photographer is animated by a passion that, even when it appears to be for the present, is linked to a sense of the past.

We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience IS the main event.