I feel like I have been totally blessed with everything that I have done.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship.

I grew up with action movies in my head.

I thought a thread of notable quotes relating to coffee may be interesting.

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

I have very old-fashioned tastes.

I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century.

I was in Venice teaching, so I reread Henry James's "The Wings of the Dove." I love James.

The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?