My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours I must look her straight in the eyes.

When I was straight I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset and some guy just walked straight up to me and he had some bling on and whatever and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was 'Who are you? I don't know you and I don't care about how good your car is.'

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.

Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance he's never going to come straight out and say 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright maybe he will.

To keep the record straight it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things we tend to be pretty paranoid by now as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

It's called a pen. It's like a printer hooked straight to my brain.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday my first check went straight to the bank.

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious.

Go right straight down the road to do what is best and to do it frankly and without evasion.

Beauty sweet love is like the morning dew Whose short refresh upon tender green Cheers for a time but till the sun doth show And straight is gone as it had never been.