Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.

Dragonsbane, they called him.Slayer of dragons.Or a dragon, anyway. And, he'd later found out, not such a very big one at that.

There can be no god without desire.

There are so many beautiful lives with wrong 'colors'!

He was not of an age, but for all time!

What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.

I don't like Heather Graham. She did an interview and said, 'I didn't want to kiss Corey; I didn't want to catch his mononucleosis. He had a kissing disease.'

It was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.

I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life.

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.