Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative.

I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

The given time is the gracious moment.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Each team always has that one power player, even Carmelo. Those are the guys who would represent the logo.

We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form.

Where could I go but to the Lord?

Whoops - My wand is a little over excited!

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

Originality is merely an illusion.

The fusion of art and technology that we call interface design.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.