Molly Ringwald Quotes
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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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Originally I considered myself a singer.
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I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
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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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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
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The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.
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I have a very independent spirit.
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I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.
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Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.
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Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the same thing.
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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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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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When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.
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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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Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.
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Sometimes when people have kids young, they're not ready.
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Usually the kids are portrayed as very one-dimensional. Like these mindless animals that just have three things on their minds: getting laid, getting drunk, and driving real fast over Mulholland Drive.
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People feel like they grew up with me.
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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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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.
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In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.
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I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.
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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.