"The older I get, the more frantic my work becomes because I want to get it all done. It's a losing battle, but I try."

“Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them.”

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

“I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. 'Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?'”

Source : "Searching for Debra Winger". Documentary, July 13, 2002.

“Give me some credit for the hell I've paid.”

Source : Song: Trouble, Album: A Few Small Repairs, 1996

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

“The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.”

“Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.”

“The first draft you're pretty much on your own, so I love that. I can let my imagination go wild. I just go crazy. Then, over the years - it takes years to write these things, to make these things come to pass - there are many, many, many drafts. For Maleficent, there were at least 15.”

“I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.”