You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping.

The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up.

And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual.

I'm just not comfortable with that society stuff. I mean, we were just invited to the White House, but my husband won't take me because he knows I don't want to go.

In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband.

Film, I think, is my medium.

I like to see love stories: romantic comedy or romantic drama.

I can buy and sell any of these people who are always criticizing me.

I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot.

Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag.

Because a lot of straight people think I'm nuts.

Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving toward the watcher on the shore.

The speed of transportation largely determined the speed of information.

It did not last: the Devil howling 'Ho, Let Einstein be, ' restored the status quo.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.

There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself.

Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them.

In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.

Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.