The daughter prays

If you believe in something because of miracles, then another kind of miracles can make you deny it.

I never thought of myself as a writer but the simplest thing seemed to be to put a piece of paper in the roller and start typing.

They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind.

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.

What we owe men is some freedom from their part in a murderous game in which they kick each other to death with one foot, bracing themselves on our various comfortable places with the other.

I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.