If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it's going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don't say, "Oh, my jeans don't fit," or "Oh, I was bad." No diets. Nothing like that.

Never assume someone is smarter than you.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks of your life. All that matters is what you think of it, and what you decide to make of it.

I'm always in my pajamas, unless I know for a fact that people are taking my picture.

Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I'm grateful for her.

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.

I realized that there are no certainties in life. You can't manipulate fate.

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things.

A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill.

A hero without faults is like an omelet without little bits of eggshell in it.

That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence

He is rich that is satisfied.

It used to be that nobody would really argue with a woman, because what she thought (unless it was by way of providing helpful comments about one's own work) just didn't matter.

There is nothing more productive of problems than a really good solution.

And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.

The force of arms only reveals man s weakness.

All we really want is love's confusing joy.

The trouble with giving yourself a pep talk is, that deep down you know it's all bullshit.