We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.