My grandmother, when she was young, would’ve walked past shops where some folks had out a sign that said, ‘No Mexicans or dogs allowed.’ – Julian Castro
As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren’t in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude. – Kathryn Stockett
Barbra Streisand has always been an inspiration for me. I admire Jennifer Lopez because she’s been against all the odds, and she’s made such a name for herself, and she can put her name on anything and it sells, and I admire that about her, but Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen are my favorites. – Lauren London
The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn’t have a personal point of view, it’s impossible to be a creator. – Manuel Puig
My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command. – Lincoln Steffens
Yes, we were looking for a Faith spin-off, but then Faith backed down. Eliza got a really wonderful offer over on Fox in a show, and, for reasons I didn’t talk to her about, she decided to go there, and everyone respects that. – James Marsters
I was a complete brat but was an angel with my mother. I used to be perfectly behaved, and my mother used to be like… ‘Really, are you badly behaved with other people?’ I was like, ‘No, not at all.’ But the minute she used to leave the room, I was a brat. – Kajol
I remember being about eight and watching ‘Pollyanna’ with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, ‘Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.’ She said, ‘You’re going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.’ So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears. – Laura Haddock
My birth was managed so rottenly that my mother had eventually to have a hysterectomy, after which she was ill off & on till she dies for obscure reasons when I was just 7. – Louis MacNeice
What I like about Rebel’s style of comedy is she never plays the victim… she’s never been fazed by her shape; it’s just the way it is. She would mock her appearance whatever she looked like. – Kate Jenkinson
If a female is good-looking, it totally decreases her credibility. Now she’s not a good athlete – she’s only good in these track meets because she’s good-looking. – Lolo Jones
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. – Lydia M. Child
Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years – I still don’t want to because of that. – Jane Gardam
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand. – Kurt Vonnegut
I’ll probably pursue doing more movies, but not horror or movies with killers in them. I’ll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she’s still doing the same thing. – Lindsay Lohan
My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, ‘They’re all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.’ – Marina Abramovic
I really like Amelia Earhart. She’s from Kansas. She disappeared, so I have to take her place. I want to be Dorothy. I want to be Amelia Earhart… I want to do it all. – Lindsey Wixson
In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn’t all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference. – Miriam Margolyes
My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn’t be doing with it. – Janet Suzman
The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not. – Louise J. Kaplan
Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up. – Kenneth Rexroth
