Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.

You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others.

Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked because that's the trap.

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

Don't take your health for granted. Don't take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.

Will and I are yin and yang. He's all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I'm all earth. I'm here to ground him, and he's here to help me fly.

I do call upon a little Fish Mooney energy sometimes, believe it or not.

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

Questions are infinitely superior to answers.

The great fish eat the small.

I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents.

I am the third Jenkin Jones to preach that liberal interpretation of Christianity generally known as Unitarianism.

In art, the best is good enough.

God not only sees where you are, He sees where you can be.

I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.

This [my backside] is still very, very big.

The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like having a job.

To be an American is not...a matter of blood; it is a matter of an idea--and history is the image of that idea.