Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.

They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.

You are the strongest argument, yet, against cloning.

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.

When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.

It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.

Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.

I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.

When kindness is here, hatred disappears. When hatred is here, kindness can never enter.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

We've got stained glass windows in our house; it's those damned pigeons.

Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants.

People cannot hurt you without your permission.

Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.

I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work could fit very nicely into musicals, though.