If I can't be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don't really see the point of being on this planet.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

I was never satisfied with casual encounters, I can't hide my need for two hearts that bleed with burning love.

Everyone has a self-destructive nature in them. It's whether you feed it or not. You don't have to be a pop star to feel connected to destruction or self-destruction. But self-destruction is self-obsession, and self-obsession is not really possible if you're engaged in raising children. And if you have a spiritual life, you're constantly being asked to see yourself as one small fragment in the bigger picture.

If you have to ask for something more than once or twice, it wasn't yours in the first place. And that's hard to accept when you love someone.

I loved nuns when I was growing up. I thought they were beautiful. For several years I wanted to be a nun. I saw them as really pure, disciplined, above average people. They had these serene faces. Nuns are sexy.

There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career. Everyone's really afraid.