Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don't let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams.

I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled all my missions, I am trying.

I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into some kind of sport. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself.

It is about getting a sense of integrity about issues. That was was my enlightenment over it and knowing that I had a safe place to go to handle anything in life.

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

If a man loves you . . . he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancée, his wife, his baby's mama, something.

Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions.