Natalie Portman

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.