I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.

Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth.

People always say that Californian women are obsessed with their appearance but I think you've got to take good care of yourself, for yourself.

If you don't like your wrinkles and you think Botox or surgery is going to fix it, do it and shut up. But don't keep talking about it.

I think any woman can be transformed by a beautiful dress and high heels.

Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.

You make a mistake, you keep going.

I love dark chocolate, but I will have a piece just occasionally.

I don't do fad things or diets - they don't work.

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

Look at history; all the interesting women were deeply flawed.

A door jumpsout from shadows, then jumps away. Thisis what I've come to find:the back door, unlatched.Tooled by insular wind, itslams and slamswithout meaningto and without meaning.

I sometimes think that never blows so redThe Rose as where some buried Caesar bled

In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I'm going with Young Jeezy.

The world is a very serious and, at times, very sad place - but at other times it is all such a joke.

Even the White House has a press agent.

I have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle.

Where do you wanna belong?" I half whispered. His expression changed with quicksilver speed, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Anywhere they don't want me." -Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones

In comedy, you see yourself as a newcomer and then you realize you've been doing it for 18, 20 years, which is ridiculous.

Growing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music.

Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding.