I'm a bit of a homebody. It doesn't take long for me to get to the point where I'm ready to be home again.

I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.

Everybody has their challenges; I couldnt say that we have more challenges than other people, theyre just different.

My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy.

I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed.

James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.

When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

I'm very grounded - that's how I would put it. If you met my mother, you'd probably say the same thing about her. I had a very sane upbringing, though some very insane things happened.

I get so much out of being married and raising my kids - that's really important to me.

In the distant golden sunset sky, a magnificent rainbow is opening wings to fly.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

That woman." Vee hissed, "I'm making the sign of the cross right now.

Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live with, coffee is life

The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart.

A lot of the images I use are already out there in the public or in the news. I just steal them or photograph them or repaint them, so they've already been talked about, already been consumed.

I'm always looking for relations between my work and the old masters.

Under capitalism, man oppresses man. But under socialism, it's the other way around.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.

The official bio is the wrongest thing you've ever seen in your entire life.