Charles Pierce, Bea Arthur, and I were like a terrible little trio.

I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is.

Charles Pierce, Bea Arthur, and I were like a terrible little trio.

The big thing for me is to make films that you feel, whether you feel happy, whether you feel sad, whether you feel sick; it's to make the audience feel so that the next day they remember what they saw.

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater they should be carried out at once.

Every time I'm ever in L.A., if I have anytime off - which is rare - I'll go straight to the basketball court and play. That's a way for me to escape and get my mind off everything. I'm so competitive, so if I'm playing basketball, all I'm thinking about is winning.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Brown eyes are actually blue underneath and as a result you can actually get surgery to turn brown eyes blue.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

I had some great pitchers while in St. Louis. At first, they only 'pitched' the ball fifty feet. They had an allowance of six bases on balls, which was neutralized to some extent by four strikes. Later on, the 'throw' became a free-for-all, overhand, or any style the pitcher chose.

I think of the audience the way I would think of another person: You meet someone, then you take it from there; you see what's interesting to both of you.

I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise kids in the suburbs and go to temple. I wasn't raised to set the world on fire.

Inquire not what are the opinions of any one; but inquire what is truth.

I don't want people to think of me as sexy.

The Universe is about maintaining balance not fairness. It is by means of balance that true fairness exists in the Universe.

We used to do sock puppet shows for my auntie back in the day. Me and my friends would do accents of Englishmen, and we would sip tea and act like we were rich in front of the family, and they thought it was just hilarious, the level of perception that we had about things that we'd never experienced.

I think it's important to try to get on a kid's level when taking their photo.

Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.

The way Zika spreads is primarily through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in places that don't have screens and air-conditioning.

My dad has this beautiful spirit of being able to create no matter where he is. He's always been so selfless with our family. It's hard to put words to it. He's an incredible man.

Light doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of the water, so ocean creatures like whales and dolphins and even 800 species of fish communicate by sound. And a North Atlantic right whale can transmit across hundreds of miles.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.