Work helps. So does exercise. Stuff that numbs you, keeps you from thinking too much.

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.

I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

Let me hear your body talk.

I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it.

Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like.

I don’t want normal and easy and simple. I want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love.

Know what the best thing about insomnia is? That I get to stay up all night figuring it out.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.

Women only nag when they feel unappreciated.

Sherry Carroll is a real life Penny Lane and one wonders if she hasn't got Cameron Crowe or Lester Bangs hidden somewhere in her suburban basement.

Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

America is not just a country, it's an idea.

I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.

Some of us are going to play faster than others. Hitting the right notes and getting your technique right is so much more important than speed.

Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.

Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.