I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her.

When people don't want the best for you, they are not the best for you.

We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.

I'll do almost anything for cake - even trample little children!

With growth comes change.

I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y.

The joy of reading can take you so many different places. In addition to intelligence and stretching your mind, I just think reading is so crucial in terms of being a well-rounded person.

I still love listening to people's problems. I'm still good at giving people unsolicited advice.

The dream for any parent is you want to raise happy, healthy, responsible, compassionate, kind kids. We all have a responsibility to do that.

I love a man who loves his mama, which is one of the many reasons I'm crazy about Justin Timberlake.

A good restaurant just makes me giddy. I can go all day with anticipation just knowing where I'm going to eat. Sometimes it's well planned, sometimes it's spontaneous. Either way works.

we tend to steer our lives in the direction of the lessons we need to learn

Jinx, I know you just lost your grandfather, but you straighten out your tone right now or I will smack you one!

I won’t tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else’s notions thrust upon you.

Brain surgery is not like politics and vice versa.

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

Movies that tend to be converted or tend to be 3D in a late decision are not effective.

Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.

I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.

There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.