August 7 Birthdays

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

If I knew that 3D was going to be such a big deal, I would have gotten that boob job 10 years ago.

Im a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian. They can stuff it with two plums and a gherkin and put it on display.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

If it were all in the script, why make the film?

Spring Break is very strange. I grew up in France, so I dont know Spring Break. That doesnt exist in Europe.

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.

The only way I can lose is if Im caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a deep well to pull from and was something easily accessible to me.

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

Ive seen Fried Green Tomatoes too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

There are no warlike peoplesjust warlike leaders.

A big cat detained briefly in a poodle parlour, sharpening her claws on the velvet.