“It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than t...” — Richard Steele Quote

It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.

It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - it's a lot of fun because there's no responsibility. You let other people have the headaches. The director has all of the headaches.

I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.