I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

The first time is always the hardest

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.

It's just so hard to feel good, you know?" I do know. And more than that, it's just so incredibly hard to feel. (54)

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.

The August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

The first myth of management is that it exists.