History is written by the victors. The victors in daily life tend to be those who live longest.
I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare.
A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
I certainly knew from an early age... How to tell stories; how to create pictures in other people's heads.
If you ask my opinion, I don't look at a film according to its box office collection.
When I moved to New York, I remember thinking, 'I'm never going to live anywhere else.'
I broke my ankle ten years ago so high heels are not an option unless I'm literally going door to door for a function.
I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.