When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

Debate is so much better than denial.

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

Human being may fail you, but God will never forsake thee.

When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. (“Is that all there is?”)

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

The French are nice people. I allow them to sing and to write, and they allow me to do whatever I like.

I hope we're all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime?

I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately I feel like it all the time. I am writing for hours.

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.

We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a time.'

The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.