He's a great kid. He hates the same way I do.

I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.

We must get into the picture business. This is a new industry and a gold mine. it looks like another telephone industry.

If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything I think I'd hate worse than an actor as a son-in-law, it's an English actor.

He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

Whenever you're sitting across from some important person, always picture him sitting there in a suit of long red underwear. That's the way I always operated in business.

He's a great kid. He hates the same way I do.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

More men die of jealousy than of cancer.

A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell.

Often, I dream about work. For instance, the night before the Oscars, I dreamt about the Oscars and I dreamt about who I wanted to interview. Interestingly, one of the people I really wanted to interview was Keanu Reeves, and then we got him. We had never interviewed him before, so that was lucky. Or maybe it was fate - I don't know.

Warren Beatty seems very self-conscious and actory.

When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.

My unworldliness, even at 21, was abnormal. Not only had I never smoked tobacco nor touched alcohol of any description, but I had never yet set foot inside a theatre, or gone to a race course I had never seen, nor held a billiard cue, nor touched a card.

The computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me.

I always sang harmony with my family growing up.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

I want people - especially young girls - to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You've got to have something else to go with that.

I have always used e-mail to the greatest extent possible.

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

Your audience is a lot smarter than you realize.

I have made so many mistakes as a mother. But the one thing that I know I do is I make sure my children know how much I love them and they are absolutely secure in that.

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.

At one point, some years ago, a nice gentleman had it in mind to do 'Outlander' the musical. His idea was to start with a CD of what you call a song cycle, with a dozen high points of the projected show. It turned out very well, though we had to stop doing it when the TV show came along.

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.

Never lose your passion 2 dream.

We as Americans have ripped off the world. We get to throw food away. It's insane.

I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia.

I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.

My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents cook that really served as the impetus for my career choice.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

We blossom under praise like flowers in sun and dew we open we reach we grow.

When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.