The quality I appreciated most about Grafton was her loyalty. She stuck with 'Kinsey Millhone' and the alphabet series conceit for her entire career but did not allow herself to stagnate as a writer. Kinsey's first-person narrative gradually made room for other, third-person perspectives.
Carrie Fisher will always be an icon as Leia, but also as Carrie. She will live on forever.
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
I grew up in Florida, which is the land of flea markets and swap meets. My grandmother loved to go these places, and she'd take me along.
I watch Renee Fleming a lot. I listen to Renee Fleming a lot. She was like my built-in master class.
If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
My mom is floored! She's so proud. I always wanted to do a channel that incorporates songs for younger kids.
The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone gets the credit, but if it flops, only the director can be blamed.
Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.
We lived near a supermarket, and whatever they threw away, we would get it, and my mother would make soup. Or she would get a big can of lard, a big can of meal, a big can of flour, a big can of beans, and fix the same meal for months.
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.
We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
The polls told us that Hillary Clinton was going to win, and she didn't. I wasn't fooled by the polls.
My mother was a waitress in a Lyons Corner House, but she married up. She was keen on bettering herself. She taught me how to use the right knives and forks and behave properly.
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'
My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.
I had to make a name up, and it came from one of my sisters; she was a fan of Frankie Laine. The 'Denny' thing, in those days, everyone had a backyard, and a den to hang out. I think I got that nickname there.
My wife got all freaked out when we started doing the reality show because she said she saw all these reality shows, and everyone was getting divorced.
