Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention.
Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn.
An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.
What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?
Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.
I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women is pretty great. Which is to say there is a ton of amazing work out there. These women are writing hard. There's much to be said. We're on it, chief.
The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump. . . the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure.
Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, how Hollywood treats us in the next ten, fifteen years. I'm hoping that it's not going to be so easy to shove people under the rug, as they have in the past.
In the United States national security interests to have a working relationship with Russia.
Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.