As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

If you can write it, I can be it.

Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player

I love playing strong women, even if theyre nuts.

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.

If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.

I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.

I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.

A simple thought can transform you forever. So cultivate beautiful thoughts, ugliness never.

Don't resist the urge to burn down the stronghold, kill off the main love interest or otherwise foul up the lives of your characters.

Christmas is a time for families.

I want to build a course my mum can enjoy.

Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.

How sickly grow, How pale, the plants in those ill-fated vales That, circled round with the gigantic heap Of mountains, never felt, nor ever hope To feel, the genial vigor of the sun!

You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.