I grew up in a household of girls, so I would just pick up naturally what everyone else was doing.

You make choices and sometimes they're good and sometimes they backfire. The most important thing is to be brave, forgive yourself when you do something stupid, and allow yourself to move on.

I feel like any role that I play is a little piece of me.

Gabriel: What’s the point of having power, if one cannot use it? What’s the point of immortality, if one cannot truly live?

He who despises a poor man’s wisdom has turned away great riches.

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

What's important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don't want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me.

Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

An adventure is never an adventure when it happens. An adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility.