Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

There are so many businesses that are succeeding on Yelp that don't pay us a dollar, and we're really excited about that.

As told in Friendship with God, if we simply decided to believe and act as if first, we're all one, and second, life is eternal, it would render virtually everything we've done all our lives pointless.

News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper.

When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it.

The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.

I like Oprah. I could sit around and make vision boards all day, but I wouldn't actually get anything done if I were to concentrate on my feelings rather than doing.

Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it's in my blood.

The fact is that you are never too old to innovate.

My fashion resolution for 2015 is to continue to be inspired by all of the great designers of the past and present while keeping true to my style and myself.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways.

I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.

Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.

People figure because I'm blonde and was a model, I just waltzed into Los Angeles and got major roles in major films.

The truth is if you can eat just a serving size, you can eat anything. But we all know how those harmless treats can call out your name all night long, and rationalizing in the middle of the night is very easy.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!

When people are self-entitled for no reason, just with anything, that bothers me. It's like waiting for someone to cross the road, and they walk slower because they know you're waiting. I like all the credit due in the places that it's supposed to be due.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

I'm always slightly embarrassed to meet other actresses of my vintage. We have so little in common. They're all so dedicated. I find - so desperate.

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.