Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.

It's a strange environment, being hounded. The paparazzi are cretins.

If we could have somehow stayed away from the public and the press, it might have been different, but every private issue seemed to be played out on the front page.

The divorce was rough on all of us. I don't blame Hollywood for my family's problems. But having all of it reported in the press made it more of an ordeal.

The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store.

I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.

I think most people realize that Barbara and Jenna are college kids, and to make such a big deal out of it is a bit ridiculous. At least now, the press has stopped.

Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.

The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created.

It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press.

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

I'll take photographs with kids. People who want to take photographs with me. People who like the movies. People who supported me. I'll do that all day, all night, that's fine. But the bombardment of the paparazzi is just... I truly don't understand. It just feels like this kind of gluttonous, horrific sport. It's like sport.

There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality.

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

Of course I don't like the fact that my wife goes to the supermarket and there are photographers. But I realise that the press attention is the same wherever you go.

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.

I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.

I'm sure if I have plans, the Press will inform me.

I am reading it [his press coverage] more and enjoying it less.

Do I think I am being held to a different standard than a man who would be in this exact same race with the exact same story? Might be? Yes. But that’s reality.

Everywhere I go, people ask me about Jennifer Aniston's wedding. Everywhere I go. I always say to her, I'm like, 'Being friends with you is a burden. You think it's hard to be friends with me?'

An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.