If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.

You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.

I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

I have no desire to maintain a lifestyle. I am a horrible celebrity. If I am out in public I dress like a pig.

I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

My mother was ahead of her time as a woman.

People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn't know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost.