"I believe that everyone, some time or other, dreams that he is reading papers, books, or letters; in which case the invention prompts so readily that the mind is imposed upon, and mistakes its own suggestions for the composition of another."

“I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.”

“You were born into fearlessness, but the world may have taught you to fear.”

“In Milly Barranger, Margaret Webster has found the perfect biographer. In Margaret Webster, Milly Barranger has found her perfect subject. She brings to vivid life a fascinating and important theater figure whose public and private lives were of equal interest. In this carefully researched book, Webster's colleagues, lovers, and friends shine as brightly as she did. I wish she were here to read it.”

“The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust.”

“It's not the microwave that's the problem, it's what people put into them. I know people lead busy lives but they should try to sit their children down at the table once a week and cook them simple food.”

Source : "Celebrity chef dishes microwave mothers" by Nicola Woolcock, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 02, 2001.

“I love profanity, but I think if its used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think its more effective when its dropped intelligently. I like intelligent profanity.”

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

“Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.”

Source : "Glamour's January Cover Star Claire Danes on Why She's Happier in Her 30s" by Logan Hill, www.glamour.com. December 3, 2013.

“All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.”