In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

I dont know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. Its more than talent and beauty. Maybe its the audience seeing itself in you.

If you think like others, how can you be sure you're thinking at all?

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.

Faith is the summit of the Torah.

I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of other damage across the countryside.

I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.

I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.

Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was the belief in facts.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.

God has loved us in spite of us.

Abstract and conceptual painters face different demons than representational painters, but neither group has a monopoly on either authenticity or originality.