Sometimes people stay in the same cycle their entire life, but you can still mature within it.

My dad always told me: 'Stop and look back and appreciate what you've done; stop and smell the flowers.'

I had the hardest time not crying, the entire time that I was filming.

I know Vikings isnt really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.

My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.

To be honest, I know there are shows that have a lot of women and they say, 'Oh, we love each other!' but I don't know if I totally believe it.

I was a huge 'Bewitched' fan growing up.

I do love that witches havent really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.

I really loved Witches of Eastwick, the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.

You get along with certain people, but sometimes it feels like a job and you don't feel that instant connection with people.

Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.

Mental strength induces mind and body.

Let there be no scales to weigh your un-known treasure

Strength ebbed and flowed, but brittle would break.

Travel with your thoughts to great land.

A person can put up any kind of protective wall, but love and truth always find a way around it.

The liberals' present furor over the CIA's covert operations against al-Qaida suggests that they harbor a death wish not only for themselves but also for the whole country.

We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

The critical question is how a religious tradition is interpreted. Is it interpreted in ways that are pro-human rights or in ways that are a throwback to the Dark Ages?

Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.