A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back.

A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back.

I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’ portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find.

Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That's how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by him or her, read it over again until they understand how the writer moves, pauses, and sees. That's what being a lover is: stepping out of yourself, stepping into someone else's skin.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform

Have you murdered anyone in the last day, week, month, year, decade? Probably not. Then don't worry about it. Give yourself a break. You're probably a really fine person.