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As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.

I don't know if you've ever knit a sweater, but by the end of it, you're like, 'Ugh I can't wear this. I can't stand the color. I'm so tired of it.'

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!