Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

Call me Elf......one more time!

Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it feels like to spend a whole weekend all by yourself and no one wants you at all.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

She already has a car.” “A Ford. That’s like Toyota’s worst enemy.

In New York the other day, there was a pro-Martha Stewart rally. Only four people showed up ... and three of them were made out of crepe paper!

I love cabdrivers. I love their unpredictable manners. I love the pictures of their families on the visors. I love the fact that most of them think I'm Martha Stewart.

There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from.

I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.

...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

I date guys who are five, 10, 15 years older than I am.