I should think you could be gladder on Monday mornin' than any other day in the week, because 'twould be a whole week before you'd have another one!

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?

... there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.

... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.

The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas

Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.

It isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.

Be glad. Be good. Be brave.

Just breathing isn't living!

The powerful chords that emanated from the radio heated me from the inside out, like a microwave.

I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along.

What do we value most? What would we most hate to lose? What do our thoughts turn to most frequently when we are free to think of what we will? And finally, what affords us the greatest pleasure?

You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star.

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

I like action-adventure movies.

I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.

A barrier is of ideas, not of things.

You don't need to do anything to be loved. Just be who you know you are. It's the only way to experience real love.

Come not within the measure of my wrath.