I think it’s the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it’s cool.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well.

Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.

You have to have a little faith in people.

I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening.

The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are genetic tendencies toward mental illness, you need to be aware of them.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

Breaking your family's heart was the price you paid for rescuing your own.

Yet whenever I think of light, I’m always reminded of her.

I actually write some pretty tough jokes. I don't want to push the "soft" angle too much.

Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent.

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

The intelligent man is never bored.

astonishing splashes of colour

Bound together by our beliefs, we are like minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines.

Ignorance Protects itself, And protected, Ignorance grows.