It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.

Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.

I love being Italian.

I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls.

I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.

Shelley was an idol of mine -- and many -- an extraordinary woman with powerful charisma, enormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind.

Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.

I have learned that you can communicate on a very deep level with any living form. Thats why my gardens bloom and my animals are so healthy-because I communicate with them.

Every decorative piece in this house is my feeling, my choice.

I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.

Id like to be a lion... they are very family-oriented. Unfortunately. too many wild animals are afraid at what man can do to them.

Knowledge is the Best Weapon, Experience is the Best Teacher, Respect is the Best Admirer, But Life Is the Best Answer

As I keep saying, fiction is truth. I think fiction is the truest thing there ever was.

Time consecrates; and what is gray with age becomes religion.

I'd love for someone to ask me about comedic technique and choices.

No problem is too big it can't be run away from

..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands

Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible

Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.

the damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't.