I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.

You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others.

Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked because that's the trap.

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

Don't take your health for granted. Don't take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.

Will and I are yin and yang. He's all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I'm all earth. I'm here to ground him, and he's here to help me fly.

I do call upon a little Fish Mooney energy sometimes, believe it or not.

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

To be 100% at all times is like a mirage in the desert of frustration. Enjoy your conquest and rest your mind. This will never be in vain.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

I was willing to put it at risk in order for someone to gain, in order for the situation to get better.

There is a hunger in this digital age to hear authors together, to participate in programs, to just be in a place, a community space.

One can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature.

Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.

It's very exciting to have fan response and fan reaction.

Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.

I'm spoiled in the sense that now I get what I want but it's because I work for it.

Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents.