I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.

When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke.

I actually have a life I said I wanted to have. I wanted to tell stories I want and be with my family. I'm whispering it, because I'm a quarter Jewish and afraid it's all going to be taken away.

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

Women who say it's not O.K. are [interpreted as] wet blankets or sore losers.

The lands are lit with all the autumn blaze of golden-rod, and everywhere the purple asters nod and bend and wave and flit.