“People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.”
Dame Judi Dench - Iris Murdoch

“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.”
Jacqueline Bisset

“Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.”
Katharine Hepburn

“- Jamal Wallace: Women will sleep with you if you write a book?
- William Forrester: Women will sleep with you if you write a bad book.”
Rob Brown - Jamal Wallace
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester

“The public can't stomach boldprose from a woman.”
Elizabeth McGovern - Elaine Mozell