I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime. – Joe Eszterhas
When I’m making songs, I never call them hits. I knew ‘Bandz A Make Her Dance’ was a good record, but I never knew it was gonna be a hit. – Juicy J
I know that a mother, no matter how impoverished or uneducated, will do anything to save her babies. – Jane Chen
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. – Joyce Carol Oates
I have to say, I’m sort of always obsessed with Norah Jones. I just love her voice, but I don’t really have an album – I have a playlist. – Heather Dubrow
I wasn’t the kid who lined up her toys, although when it came to Barbies and that little traveling wardrobe with the drawers and the little shoes, my stuff was always on hangers and the shoes were always in pairs. Things had their places. – Jamie Lee Curtis
There’s an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual’s status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better. – Jamie Johnson
If there’s a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it’s always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze. – Jill Soloway
I’m fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat’s named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949. – Jane Lynch
And, these Islamic fundamentalists, these radical terrorists, these Middle Eastern monsters are committed to destroying the Jewish nation, driving her into the Mediterranean, conquering the world. – Jerry Falwell
Elizabeth Bishop in particular had a big impact on me personally as well as artistically. Her insistence on clarity is something I rate very highly. – Jonathan Galassi
I had Madonna parties; I dressed like Madonna, and I had all of her records because we had records back then. I knew all of her lyrics; I was obsessed with her movies and the whole thing. – Judy Greer
Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I’ve listened to her since I was a little kid – the first album I ever bought was ‘A Star is Born’ with Kris Kristofferson. – Idina Menzel
Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was. – Judi Dench
During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. – John James Audubon
My grandmother would start making her meat sauce at 7 in the morning on Sunday, and within five or six hours, that smell would be all through the house. – Jerry Della Femina
I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She’s a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs. – Jason Bateman
People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually. – James Earl Jones
