Go wild and let go. Usually the most audacious ideas are the ones that get noticed.
You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.
I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.
It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do.
I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.
50 years old is like springtime to me.
As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.
I'm actually an impatient person. I'm very suited for television because with the process, it's six weeks from the time you come up with an episode until when it airs. We can't drag it out that long. With film, and this is not a profound observation or an original one; it can go on endlessly unless the movie's like incredibly topical. That's the challenge for me, as an impatient person who wants see things come to life. . . . I mean, it's just this feeling I get when I see a movie I love.
Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free. ’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.
Figure out what to do, then take a nap.
It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.