I won't wear fur-never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success.

I think families are so great, because when you go home, no matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes.

Hollywood is what you make it; you have to choose company with care because you become what they are.

But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.

Just 'cause there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there's not a fire inside.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

Humor is very healing.

I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.

Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.

She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.

Art is an expression of inner perception as an outer reality.

May you find the strength to pursue your dreams.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

I didn't move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal. I didn't have those stars in my eyes. I just wanted to take a break, relax, and figure out songwriting.

To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.

In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it

The reality is I'm kind of like an ocean. Everything is calm, calm, calm. I'm good. When the ball goes up in the air, the waves start rocking.

China is now expected to surpass Japan as the 2nd richest country in the world. They could become the richest, but that's only if we pay them the money we owe them, and that's not going to happen.

I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.