I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.

Your good friend has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic.

Cancer is really hard to go through and it's really hard to watch someone you love go through, and I know because I have been on both sides of the equation.

My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie.

A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man.

Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do.

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I am definitely as happy as I've ever been. Happier, I would say, than I've ever been.

I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.

I don't define myself. I'm just a woman in love with another woman.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.

Tickles are what power my giggle machine.

When I'm all grown up, come what may, I'll build a boat to carry me away

When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God’s hands . . . let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

There will be no people in heaven who want to be around their things more than Jesus.

Whole class of filmmakers, they're all graduating to a new level of filmmaking, which I think is awesome.

If you knew my wife, you'd be like, "Yeah, you're very married." She runs the household. I refer to her as "the greatest director I've ever worked with."

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.

One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never do that) but that it does provide you a refuge for definitions.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.