I do what I do because there's nothing else for me to do. This is what I'm supposed to be doing.

GIFTS is an acronym for Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Triumphs, and Self-love. I believe that those are the principles we need to explore in order to discover our true gifts.

It is in my soul to spread love and laughter.

There's a lesson in everything. Looking for the lesson is grounding.

You should only be doing that thing that lights up your soul.

Don't be concerned with how many followers you have, be concerned with where you are leading them.

Even if I wasn't an actress or a comedian, I would be spreading love and laughter [with] whatever I did.

I'm happy to get up in the morning.

Everyone came here to do something magnificent.

I'm ready to meet a nice man!

I've had enough experience with knowing that things will turn out just fine. I pray for that. There's a lesson in everything. Looking for the lesson is grounding.

The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.

Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one, and perhaps will.

I fought, and therefore, believed in my victory. There is more to the fact that I didn't fear death and preferred a brave death instead of a life of an idiot.

I am not a scientist. I have never analyzed the far reaches of the solar system through the lens of a telescope nor scrutinized cancer cells under a microscope.

It was unfortunate for other women who might come after [Margaret Thatcher] that the first woman to become prime minister was a male impersonator.

Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.

Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.

Being the first to go to college in my family was a great thing, but it was also a source of guilt. I felt like almost a sellout going to college.

You can't say enough about fishing. Though the sport of kings, it's just what the deadbeat ordered.