I think we all think we sound really good in the shower, where there's that nice reverb.

We change who we are to fit the exogenous of our time, and not just strategically or to our own advantage, sometimes sympathetically without our even knowing it for the betterment of the whole group.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

I don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist said to me, "You know, when I told people I was going to interview Meryl Streep they were so excited... all ze women in my office, they love you so much. But ze men - they are afraid of you."

It is interesting how fashion filters down and we discover in the "Devil Wears Prada" that we're all prey to trends, even if we think we are not.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.