Remember, son, you're most afraid when you can think of no one but yourself.

And it is seldom easy to convince a person that he is playing the fool.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned people didn't adopt chemistry as a religion.

The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth.

It's hard to narrow down your influences in comedy.

Meditation is the only way to freedom from stress as it is a dimension beyond the mind. All the stress and struggle are of the mind.

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

TV's not the same buzz. If someone tells you three million people watched the show last week, that's good but, when you walk out in front of 1,000, you think, 'Oh my God, this had better be good'.

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment.

I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.