My duchess,” James stated, his eyes sweeping the crowd with the air of a man who has ruled the waves. “She is not a swan, because that would imply she had once been an ugly duckling.

I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

We all think we have time, you know. It's this miracle substance and there seems to be so much of it, and then all of a sudden, it's gone.

Dogs are high on life. Cats need catnip.

Shame can kill the imagination. It's hard to keep writing in the face of cultural derision.

There's nothing I like more than meeting velvet clad peers while wrapped in a towel.

In case there is any question in your mind," he said, cupping her face with his hands. "What I want, what I most desire, the loveliest sight on this dark earth, is you.

Life should not be measured by time. The only thing that counts is how one uses the time one has.

Dogs do tricks. Cats play tricks.

Cats always land on their feet. Dogs don't.

Any girl with a grin never looks grim.

I am always at peace even when I am in the midst of war.

If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is not having to audition anymore.

When you get a big crisis, everyone wants somebody with some experience and some credibility.

Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.

My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me.

How clerks love refusing. It salves them for being clerks.

In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all.

I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.

With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.