I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead.

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.

You can't keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick.

First of all, I would like to clear the air on one thing. Alison has slept with more men than Amanda; Sydney has slept with more men than Amanda; I think Matt has slept with more men than Amanda.

Lust is the sin that gets me excited. Luckily, because I'm married, I also get really good jewelry out of it.

The older you get, the farther from the camera you need to be.

You have to be very careful with women friends.

I don't date rock 'n' rollers. I just marry them.

From an early age I was aware of what America meant, and how the Marines at Camp Pendleton were ready to defend us at a moment's notice. I also remember what fabulous bodies those troops had.

Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

Let the blossoms of love beautify your heart.

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

Family comes first. You're the only thing they have.

The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face.

Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.

A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.

To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]