I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics.

You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.

I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.

I think that everything's hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.

Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.

I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.

It's important to being a healthy person. So while you're here on the earth, you might as well enjoy it. And it's hard to enjoy things when you're crazy.

Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage for 15 minutes so she could stretch her legs.

Some Christians say god is the source of morality, these people have clearly never read the bible.

The beginning is easy what happens next is much harder.

Your rewards in life will be determined by what you do, how well you do it, and the difficulty of replacing you.

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them.

Becoming a Christian was terribly helpful to me. I can't imagine finding my way without it. I think it can be very crucially important to ally yourself with some religion.

A small rock holds back a great wave.

When I see two women kissing, my only physical reaction is a strong desire to vomit in both of their mouths.

Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.