He wanted the show to be fresh to audiences 50 years down the line.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community.

The show became its own little world, with its own internal rhythm and high standards.

Something greater than me was happening. And yet, it was happening to me.

It wasn't work. I played myself.

We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.

By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own mysterious reasons.

We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

One of the best ways to realize that age is an illusion is to have your body get older and realize that you are who you always have been.

I was married very young. I lived a very middle class life. I was married at age 21, divorced at 31. I didn't sleep on people's couches.

I hate being away even for a day. But I'm happiest when I'm working and have my own things going on, so it ultimately makes me a better mother and wife.

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

People ask if I had hope of becoming a champion. I had hope. Hope was the only thing I had. Hope pushed me.

Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection.