I was terrified of growing up to become the anti-me, maturing into a woman whom I would not recognise and who wouldn't recognise her younger self.

In the big picture, few of our careers live up to the dreams we nursed when we were young. In fact, one underside of success is that it's nearly always penultimate, and so every accomplishment merely raises the bar.

When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall. But writing fiction takes gall.

In Shaker Heights, Ohio, one of America's first planned communities, order and harmony are prized.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

I had one-and-a-half years of joy in Manchester, despite the city being a lot colder than Madrid!

When you go home, fill the house with joy so that the light of it will stream out the windows and doors and illuminate even the darkness. It is just as easy that way as any in the world.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.