Molly Ringwald Quotes
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Originally I considered myself a singer.
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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
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I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded.
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Not all women write the same. But I don't understand why the model is that you're supposed to write like a man, and that means you're a real writer.
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A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.
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I don't like being alone. I haven't been alone since I got a boyfriend.
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I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.
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I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.
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I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
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If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.
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The wonderful thing about books is you never run out of them, you can just keep going. So I'm always finding new writers, or old writers that I just happen not to have read.
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Sometimes when people have kids young, they're not ready.
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When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.
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It's the universal feeling that we all are alone - that we're all different. I think the movie's one resounding theme is that everybody feels the same, and we're all alone together. Some people come up to me on the street and thank me for helping them get through their teen years.
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I think people assume that women write about the domestic sphere. Women write about relationships and family. Men do, too, but then it's the Great American Novel.
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I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
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Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.
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I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.
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From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.
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I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.
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When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.
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I've always been the go-to girl for all of my girlfriends in terms of relationship advice or clothing advice.
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My parents always raised us with the idea of having college in mind. You sort of need a college education. It's part of life. It's something that you do - like going to your prom.
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I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.