I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.

If I wasn't acting, I would probably be working with children. I was a camp counselor growing up and I loved it.

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

In Life, while you must achieve and you must do your best to achieve, don’t forget to enjoy Life because the Journey will be soon over.

Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.

I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.

There's a lot of ways to be honest that don't necessarily involve absolute facts being true. I think that's something I absolutely try to do.

If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.

I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.

Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of creativity and its sources. Imagine is his best book yet.

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

Philosophy is overwhelmingly complicated, its procedure depressingly slow.

Adventure is the point where you toss your life on the scales of chance and wait for the pointer to stop.