We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8.

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.

I own one pair of Prada shoes. They make my feet hurt... It's not the shoes' fault; they are exquisitely made. I blame my feet. I've got my mother's feet.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.