Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes.

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

I like to pick my own vegetables.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

I'm not afraid of aging.

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning

But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.

Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you.Can I trust him?What do I have to lose?

You cannot serve god and mammon. You have to make a choice.

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

Torment yourself as little as possible, then you'll torment me less.

Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.

I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

The dilemma of Brechtian performance is that, for all of Brecht's emphasis on rationality and the undermining of theatrical illusion, the actor must convincingly portray something that she is not.

Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.

I want to connect music to its highest power - which is heightening consciousness and affecting people's reality. That can't be done in normal ways, not according to my experience.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so