I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.

You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.

I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.

I'm not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren't perfect.

I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.

Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.