I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

Stolen bodies working stolen land. It was an engine that did not stop, its hungry boiler fed with blood.

Over my slumber your loving watch keep - Rock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep.

Golf is the crack of sports. If you hit five good shots, you know you can hit six good shots. The next time you hit six good shots, you know you can hit seven.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

It's hard to be scared when there are 80 people around you.

Your heart is your home, and all roads lead to home.

I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.

The fans may be surprised to know that during my freshman year at Oglethorpe, I waited on tables and never made an error, never dropped a tray nor broke a dish.

One guy can't create a field, but you can get people thinking.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.