Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.