the hymns were born in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or earlier, and listening to them was like licking an icicle: the same chill, the same purity.
I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.
Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.
If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.
We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?
'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!
As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.
Me, I don't need money.
There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.