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.

I love to be in front of big galleries

I'm a technological moron. I have, I have problems with like.. the television

I love all history because it’s storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

Don't all morals go out the window if they're hot enough?

We may love men and we may live with men, but some of them have said stupendously inaccurate things about us, our bodies, and our psyches.

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.