I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.

Marketing is the devil.

If you love somebody let them know every day.

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's no suspense.

Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

True faith is ever connected with hope.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

I got a lot out of 'Brothers Sisters' and learnt some incredible things and I think it certainly had come to a natural ending, so it was definitely time to move on.

It's hard being part of a married couple in a band.

Major brands don't know what to do with happy customers. They make it hard for customers to say thanks and way too often companies don't celebrate and embrace customers' positive gestures.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.