The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.

One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.

Don't waste your time on jealousy.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape

Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.

Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

A bird in The Strand is worth two in Shepherds Bush

You are not broken and in need of fixing. You are wounded and in need of healing.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

I never even dreamt that I'd be in a position to teach other people to speak better.

I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it.

I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer.