It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift.

I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place?

If you know who you are, it makes you immune to criticism

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

You are God's highest form of creation. You are a living breathing creative magnet. You have the ability to control what you attract into your life.

I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.

If we have learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot Federalize Virtue.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.

Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.