“People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.”

I look forward and see myself look back.

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.

Keeping a journal implies hope.

As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.

I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.

The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.

Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.

Is perception equivalent to existence?

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?

Bigotry doesn’t care about state or regional lines. It’s all over the place.

Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle.

Recently did an on-line test called ‘What’s Your True Age?’ My result was 50-60 years old.

I am sure in some years from now you will see new posters with just white space and four lines in Garamond.

Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.

Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

I did an album and they allowed me to sell it at the show. I also did a Disney cruise line gig.

I want to do a make-up line for men.