Shelley Duvall

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist.

Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.