I can't deprive myself of things because then I obsess about it and end up eating.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

Is this chicken what I have or is this fish? I know it's tuna. But it says chicken. By the sea.

Am I eating chicken or tuna?

People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.

laugh a lot. It burns a lot of calories.

I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine.

Every tear should live its purpose. Don't ever wipe the reason away.

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our color palette."

Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.

Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.

If you can't be an author, be a book

Culture is not a surface phenomenon, it is our very care

A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

For all filmmakers: True originality is the key, only direct your own unique movie scripts, be a megalomaniac and not give a damn.