I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't terribly painful.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.

Divorce is a process, not an event. It takes months to unfold, a barrage of emotional ups and downs as denial is replaced by grief, grief by anger, and anger gradually eases into acceptance.

I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.

A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.

God enters the world through those of us who are willing to let God participate fully in our lives.

Beyoncé built her f–king foundation from the bottom. I think that’s the exact career every female artist wants to have.

I grew up in a family that believed love was at work in the world. I guess that's a religious idea, though of course it needn't be.

That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.