I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.

It's not rocket science to make a movie.

There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise.

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

I've got a couple of full-time jobs, since I'm raising a kid, so it's a lot.

Courage emerges as you climb over the circumstances that threaten to bury you! But you must be willing to climb to find courage.

Suddenly watching her feet, so light and precise and mistress of his shuffle, I was in love again.

Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.

I call myself a meditation teacher rather than a spiritual teacher.

All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn't really belong to either of them.

The American experiment has come and gone. Whatever freedoms the people still might have as their own, are monitored and registered and taxed at virtually every turn.

I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats.

There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." "Life is what happens when you are making other plans.

Everything we say about other people is really about ourselves.

Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rung the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!