He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise. He had a pickup truck, and the devil's eyes. He stared at me and I felt a change. Time meant nothing, never would again.

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.

Life's too short to be working with divas.

That means more to me, truthfully, than commercial success. To be a loved human being is much more important to me then any of those other things.

He who quotes himself has a fool for a source.

I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age.

I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy.

Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon.

Don't just dream it. Be it!

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

Reality never comes as a problem. It is only the ideas about reality that comes as a problem.

Do not vote for Hillary [Clinton] because she is a woman. Ask yourself, who has done more for women so far and who will do more for women in the future - and then make your choice.

In a new poll 54 percent believed President Bush exaggerated the size of Iraq's missile threat. Hey, he's a guy.

I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.

Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God's work, and not mine.

I don't believe in doing things just to do them.

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.

Trust me, he whispers against my lips. Maggie, you're my paradise.

We each have a finite number of heartbeats, a finite amount of time. But we have enough heartbeats and enough time to do what is important.