There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

We did talk about cheese on our first date.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

Student teaching is the hardest job there is.

For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

Look closely at your greatest thoughts about yourself. That's your future.

Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

A man is known by the books he reads.

Be in love with the moments of your life.

A soul can create only when alone.

The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time -- a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.

Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.

We have a chance for racial solidarity because all of us, unless you're in the top 1 percent, are really struggling in this economy.

Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.