I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing,

and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.
Robert Downey, Jr.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
Francis Ford Coppola

In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!
Clemence Poesy

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Amelia Earhart

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.
Clifford Geertz

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.
Florence King

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.
Michael Rapaport

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.
Amy Tan

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity.
Rufus Sewell

I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.
Hilary Mantel