I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger.

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.

When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?'

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.

Every one at some point felt discouraged, it was our faithful companions, who lifted our spirit to find hope again.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students."]

War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same.

Grief doesn't change you. It reveals you.

Guard thy heart on this weak side, where most our nature fails.

Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?

In everything give thanks

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.

In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than to 'market.'