It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever.

Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.

I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.

These aren't my rules. Come to think of it. I don't have any rules.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

Free speech includes the right to not speak.

Some people say to me, "My God, but Fidel Castro is a communist!" I say: "No, he was a messenger of God."

God warned me. He told me to build a boat.

The constitution is for us all to live together, a common life, we need each other.

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.