"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."

"I think I made good movies."

"I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously."

"There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way."

"One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too."

"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage."

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

"My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together."