I've seen enough family photos in enough homes to know that the term 'suitable for framing' should have a stricter definition.

It’s not easy balancing a career, a family and a healthy outlook on life, which is why I don’t.

Sure, I'd like a child of my own. I'd also like a laser pistol, that doesn't mean someone should give me one.

Whatever I haven’t accomplished biologically obviously wasn't all that imperative.

I stared out at the waves. "Why am I here?" I thought. Finally it came to me. But it was too late. I was a terrible lifeguard.

There are many ways to roll with the punches. Still, it’s probably best to avoid people who punch you.

Lately, I've become sort of a fatalist. Well, that was bound to happen.

My parents would not permit ugly language in the house, which was okay with me. I didn't want to learn German anyway.

Most people thought he was insane when he looked up into the sky with a simple handmade telescope and cried out that the Earth revolves around the Sun, because this was four years ago.

Have you ever suddenly realized it's someone else's mood swing and you're just along for the ride?

I had to break up with Medusa. I just got sick of buying mice for her hair. I should have ended it sooner, but you try looking into those eyes.

Memories hold you back

I am praying that the issues from the last 12 generations go into the ground with me so I have NEW issue is to pass on to my son.

I felt a surge of love for my aunt. We disagreed about so many things, yet here was family: the people who kept dancing with you, even after the music stopped.

You can't really just think, "Oh, I want to make something that is going to appeal to every single person in the world." You have to just try to make a movie that comes from your heart.

I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs.

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.

The divorce of our so-called spiritual life from our daily activities is a fatal dualism.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.