Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

Power is dangerous. It corrupts the best and attracts the worst. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.

When I tell you "forever", I mean it.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.

I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life.

It’s easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy.

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

The overall situation has now become clear the DPJ has suffered a great setback.

Every day on the water is a good day!