I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky.

I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

I had a picture-perfect childhood. My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.

though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

No matter where you hide your emotions, a good book brings it out.

Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past us in a polite blur.

Another world exists that I must experience. A genus of people exists who I must meet. I must inhale the air they breathe--share their world at all costs.

If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.

That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.

Grief is like a wheel that goes around and around the world.

Did you bring me a rat?" "He has no time for rats, George." "No time for rats? That's just sad.

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.