I was speechless. Rare for me, but if anyone was capable of shocking me to silence, it was my mother.

The orchid is Mother Nature's masterpiece.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.

I've got big hips and a big body. I'm double, triple the size of other models - and I embrace that - I own it.

An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity.

The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes.

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

Think of the old cliché about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichés, so lame & banal on the surface, actually expresses a great & terrible truth.

I've never found time to indulge more than a single ambition.

Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we're not going to talk about that.

Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit."

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.

Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it.

Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.