If you can write it, I can be it.

Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player

I love playing strong women, even if theyre nuts.

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.

If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.

I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.

I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.

I was doing bad movies as a day job. And it almost ruined my life for a while. But I have done 130-odd films, and only fourteen have been spooky ones. Im not spooky! I want life!

Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but “safe” isn’t one of them.

It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.

It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be doing it anyway: it's my life.

To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.

Where do the ducks go in the winter?

This is the sheriff you’re talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.

I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender.

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain.

You're never too worried as a captain, when you know Rahul Dravid's still out there.

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.