Lillian Hellman

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.