I look forward to the day when being called 'another Monica Lewinsky' refers to the hard work behind a master's degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics, after spending the first act of one's life deflecting the shame of a scan...
In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you your loan held on to it for life. If you lost your job or got too sick to work and suddenly had trouble making your payments, ...
My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to s...
Forgiveness is possible but I don't think it is safe for any survivors to establish any contact with the perpetrator. You forgive but it doesn't mean you forget. There are many things to work through. The wounds are deeper than forgiveness. You need ...
Raise your self-esteem to such a level that you only allow loving experiences in your life. Don't waste time trying to get even. It doesn't work. What we give out always comes back to us. So lets drop the past and work on loving ourselves in the now....
It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right c...
I think women should have choices and should be able to do what they like, and I think it's a great choice to stay at home and raise kids, just as it's a great choice to have a career. But I don't entirely approve of people who get advanced degrees a...
Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, amidst the pines and hickories and sumachs, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sing around or fli...
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
People so often loose sight of the magic in life once they understand how it works.
There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.
The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.
Obama is an intelligent man whose life and work experience sensitize him to class distinctions.
Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.
I'm not desperate anymore or feeling weird about myself because I'm not working in this business. I'm older and wiser, and there's a lot more to life.
I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.
I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite.
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
