Quotes from Molly Ringwald

I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.

I never really felt like I belonged in California.

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

I think once you're a mother, you kind of always see your kids as a baby anyway no matter how old they get.

I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.

I've always been the go-to girl for all of my girlfriends in terms of relationship advice or clothing advice.

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

I think we do live in a very specialized society, where once you think about somebody as one thing, it's hard to change that. But I do a lot of things. I act, I write, I sing.

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.

Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

You can't be 16 forever.

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.

And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be.

I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.

What I like about being alone is being able to do whatever you want and it's for yourself.