[When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.

Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

People who think about the past have no future.

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

She never sets foot out of her apartment or her past.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

My worst fault is my belief that if you put bills unopened behind a picture frame, there is no need to pay them.

If the word of God cannot do it in your life then your Pastor must be wasting his time.

Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

Oh I'd be more than happy to hold, I'll just spend the time working on that brain tumor.

I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.

Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed.

One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

Our culture is an edifice built of externalized memories.

Take a look at the number of Bibles on your shelf. Think how grateful you are for the help you've received from various Bible translations and editions over the years.

Technological change is beneficial only when other jobs replace the ones lost.