Molly Ringwald Quotes
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A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.
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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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Originally I considered myself a singer.
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I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.
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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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I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
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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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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 just needed to leave Hollywood.
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I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.
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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 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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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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I have a very independent spirit.
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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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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 don't like being alone. I haven't been alone since I got a boyfriend.
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Sometimes when people have kids young, they're not ready.
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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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And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.
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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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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.