I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Everything I do, it's all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment.

Someday, men will visit ideas instead of places.

All he could do was wait like this, patiently, until it grew light out and the birds awoke and began their day. All he could do was trust in the birds, in all the birds, with their wings and beaks.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

The Bible is the one Word of the one God about the one way of salvation through the one Savior, Jesus Christ.

Often writing is like a struggle to get back to a kind of belated, quite impure virginity.

Pray how does your asparagus perform?

All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.

Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.