A counterfeit can never be a substitute for the real thing

There is no growth without risk. There is always something to be gained from any experience. It is up to us to interpret our truth of self.

Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life.

Terrorists destroy randomly.

Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.

I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.

If (a particular researcher) won't stop when you ask nicely, when you picket in front of his house, or when you burn his car, maybe he'll stop when you hit him over the head with a two-by-four.

I like doing the mainstream, right-down-the-pike broad comedies as much as I like doing the kind of unorthodox different stuff.

God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.