I get inspired by creativity, when people are together. You know what I mean, there's a certain synergy when people work together.

I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee injury and get out of there.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. You know, everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.

What made me want to be on it was reading a really good script, and being compelled by and attracted to the characters. I really loved Maura Isles, who was very fascinating to me.

Planning my food a bit helps me. Knowing what I'm going to be eating for lunch helps, instead of getting hungry and then looking for something.

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one.

Obstacles without optimism can overturn opportunities for growth, hope and success.

To have a man be able to touch her and bring her to the edge of release in a matter of seconds was a skill rarely found. "As rare as the Arc of the Covenant, " Sophie mumbled to herself.

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

Technology should do the hard work, so you can get on and live your life. We're only at one percent of what's possible, and we're moving slow relative to the opportunity we have.

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

I found my own way of doing things.

What I am saying, I suppose, is that you write as if everyone is dead. Then you face the music. I don't know any other way to keep the teeth sharp and the spirit alive.

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.