The women went berserk, to the accompaniment of 'When a Man Loves a Woman.' It was all bass and drums; the musical equivalent, Anna decided, of cheap aftershave.

Enjoying life isn't about finding the answers, but living the questions.

I'm just short for my weight. By rights I should measure eight foot three.

After my screen test the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled "She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!"

I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't.

Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion.

And consider: it is loss to which everything flows, absence in which everything flowers

Considering the amount of work I put into each piece, the amount I need to make from it is pretty high. I won't sell for less... but that means I rarely sell.

We need to be stronger. We need to deter the Russians. We need to show resolve, which is why cooperating with them on the other hand can be more difficult.

Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods.