The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.

It's scary, but we're holding our own right now.

It's scary, but we're holding our own right now.

It shouldn't take more than 18 months to sell off the condos. We don't kick tenants out. We let them read more

It shouldn't take more than 18 months to sell off the condos. We don't kick tenants out. We let them stay until their lease expires. We try our hardest not to upset people.

I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine read more

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.

But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the read more

But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the speaking circuit. It has caught up with me.

We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground.

We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground.

I really believe that the humanities has that power. Here in Washington, D.C., where there are so many humanities resources read more

I really believe that the humanities has that power. Here in Washington, D.C., where there are so many humanities resources and so many people with great ideas . . . this humanities council should be in the business of supporting and encouraging those ideas.