I like everything, jazz and classical, and all over the spectrum.

Broken people misuse their power while people who have values don't use their powers in a way that harms.

I like characters that do big things boldly and are driven by intensely personal feelings.

Any power, of course, depends upon the values of the person exercising the power.

When you're up against the clock and break-outs are happening, all the time, and it's literally rushing in on you, you do what you have to do.

Israel uses weapons to safeguard civilians. Hamas uses civilians to safeguard weapons.

For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented.

Growing up, I used to watch Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, All in the Family. Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, McMillan and Wife and Columbo.

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

It's because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Within my body are all the sacred places of the world and the most profound pilgrimage that I can ever make is within my own body.

We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.

The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.

Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.

The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.