"If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer."

“Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.”

“I'm a sucker for a woman with beautiful eyes.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you know how to tell.”

“I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.”

“A pair of Blue Noses on the next bench glared their disapproval at Evie’s knee-length dress. Evie decided to give them a real show. She hiked her skirt and, humming jauntily, rolled down her stockings, exposing her legs. It had the desired effect on the Blue Noses, who moved down the platform, clucking about the “disgrace of the young.” She would not miss this place.”

“No matter how many luxuries you get, something will be missing. No matter how carefully you choose, you'll never be totally happy.”

“I actually don't prepare for onscreen nudity. I really believe that you have to be comfortable with your own body and unless the role is directed to a certain physicality and you're playing a sports person, then obviously you've got to train for it, but I just try and do things that make me happy and comfortable in my own skin, so I've gotten into yoga quite a lot.”

“Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.”

Source : "Baryshnikov shows his dance photography in Miami". Interview with Jennifer Kay, www.boston.com. February 23, 2012.