Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

It's true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.