I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well.

Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.

You have to have a little faith in people.

I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening.

The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are genetic tendencies toward mental illness, you need to be aware of them.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

I define sacred-living life by the grace of God.

This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I have been silent too long about my views and opinions.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

Go around asking a lot of dam fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.

Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it...Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.

I absolutely will not allow anyone to call me grandmother. They can call me Auntie Joan, Dee-Dee, Cho-Cho, anything but grandmother. It pushes a woman almost to the grave.

As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.

'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.

I feel like I've lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company