I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now.

I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.

People will always put you in a box that they think you fit in, and it's up to you to not fall into it.

I'm not very good at resting on my laurels. I am a bit of a workaholic, and I like to keep busy and active, so I think that's what drives me.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.

I handle emotional pain by trying to understand that it's going to be painful and to allow for it instead of fighting it. Doesn't make it any easier, though.

Sometimes, if you don't have kids yourself, it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it.

I do like to treat myself, I just don't do it very often.

I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have great chemistry outside of work. It's just something that sparks on screen or doesn't.

The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'

I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse.

The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.

How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?

Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change

Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves.