But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

Doesn’t it feel great when someone does something nice for you? Especially when you’re not expecting it? The irony is that they are getting as much joy by giving as you are by receiving.

If love is blind why is lingerie so popular?

Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.

Attention pays attention to a lot of things, but when attention pays attention to attention, then there is a stillness, and that stillness introduces you to your Self.

The worst drug of all by far is tobacco; the death toll from tobacco is just overwhelming.

You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night.

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.