The things of the world fell by the wayside . . . but literature was eternal.

There's nothing I like better than a good book discussion with someone who can hold up his end of the argument.

Go with your bad self.

I knew there were no ghosts in there, but on the other hand, what if there were?

I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry

Love is always the right decision.

Here a tower shining brightOnce stood gleaming in the nightWhere now There's just the rubble in the holefrom "White City

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

I remember going for the first time to a place called The Roxy in New York because you can see people breakdancing there. That's the only reason I went! It's amazing, kids are still doing that.

I lean with the hill. I know I'm doing it right if it feels like I'm going to fall on my face but I don't.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.

You can choose to follow your heart always.

If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.