I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.

The best thing a person can be is of-some-use.

If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

My love life is nobody's business... if I give it to 40 million people to read, what do I have left when I go home? I'm protective of my personal life that way.

I love being one half of a romantic couple.

What a wonderful time for women on television.

A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

Small gestures can have a big impact.

Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

You cannot avoid mortality. But you can choose your way of meeting it. And that is the most that any man can hope for.

As a girl - twelve, thirteen years old - I was absolutely certain that a good book had to have a man as its hero, and that depressed me.

Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven.

The blessing of influence is helping others succeed. It is lifting up Christ with your established platform.

Well, I couldn't spell my name until I was eight - my second name. I was so dyslexic. Max I could do. Irons, nope.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

The only real people are the people who never existed.

I'm fascinated that people drawn to cults want to know what to do. And people want to know what to think. And people want to know how to feel. Not just what to feel but how to feel.