I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

The beauty of life depends on how you respond not in how true you answer.

I regard taking healthy sea level adapted children to the 13, 796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea as a form of child abuse.

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.

Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

Grant folly's prayers that hinder folly's wish, And serve the ends of wisdom.

The best competition I have is against myself to become better

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

You don't have to have one emotion at a time.

Logic chases truth up the tree of grammar.