I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family.

Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

Good luck needs no explanation.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

Unfortunately, we spend more time teaching our daughters how to avoid becoming rape victims than teaching our sons not to become rapists.

There is a humility about genuine love that is rather horrible in some ways.

Nothing that happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths

I'm probably a lot closer than perhaps the contents of my early fiction suggest to a jaded Denny's waitress with smoker's-lung-black humor than a ghost hunter.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

Fear gone, there can be no hatred.

Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member.

I work hard and have a winning attitude.

Freedom is... freedom can actually be boring, you've got to realize that.

Different areas present us with possibilities to test different theories.