Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!

A healing heart has no time frame.

for the first time in an age, he saw the beauty of the stars, rather than the darkness between them.

Every nation has the government that it deserves.

The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.

If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.

Preaching and writing - it's the same. Whether I'm writing to speak or writing to be read in a book, it's the same thing.

The war on terror, rebranded under Obama as the "Overseas Contingency Operation," has morphed into war on democracy.

There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

There's a difference between freedom of worship and freedom of religion. Worship is an event that happens inside the house of worship. Religion is a lifestyle. It is a way of living.