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.

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.

Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.

I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums

Women in love sooner forgive great indiscretions than small infidelities.

I don't work for nothing. I'm entitled to get paid.

Those who achieve happiness understand the basic fact that regardless of how much fun you're having or how many things you accomplish, life through the lens of history is incredibly short.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

Robin [Williams], he's pretty dynamic. I had a lot of fun but I also felt like there was no onus on me to be funny.

I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.