Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.

Bond was how Fleming saw himself; the sardonic, cruel mouth, the hard, tight skinned face.

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.

I don't think anything you've written is immortal as yet.

Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.

It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant.

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.

Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside, I was so impressed with the way he was able to tell stories and the way he was able to deal with le merveilleux - the wonders. Very quickly, he became for me a massive hero, and he introduced me to the world of a director.

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.

The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.

One of the things women poets have been engaged in - among the other things they've been doing - is revising parts of the poetic self. Re-examining notions of the authority within the poem, and of the poem.

I will venture to say that sending a probe to the center of the earth will be more difficult than putting a man on the moon or sending a spaceship to Mars.

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

I shall try and effect all that is before me to perform; and God, I think, will surely give me strength for His work so long as He directs my line of duty.

I have a very, very normal life. I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have two children, a dog, and a husband. We live in New York, the kids go to school, and we're fortunate that we have flexible schedules. I like that. That's what I want.

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune if youre good enough.

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.

I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.

I've been reduced to drag.

As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy.

Just stay real and stay a real person.

I always look for contradiction in a character.

If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.

A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.