The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

The two families really don't like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don't know any better.

Run mad as often as you choose but do not faint

It is the happiness that comes from within that is lasting and fulfilling.

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?

Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.

I actually think it's easier to be positive than negative, to be honest - it takes way more energy to stay mad at someone, for instance, than it does to say "i forgive you" and move on.

I'm glad I've learned what I've learned when I learned it.

Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates.

Nobody wins until we all do.

I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.