Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill

When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.