It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.

I wish my brain had an off switch. Maybe that way I could get some sleep.

When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing "tea party." At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling!

I want everyday magic.

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me the wonders of physical challenge, the wonders of spiritual freedom, and the wonders of baby powder.

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

If I had a nickel for all the times I've been shushed in my life? Bam! Instant millionaire!

Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop.

Sometimes I dream so vividly, so expectantly, I wonder if I'm crazy...

I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.

Overcome evil with good and hate with love.

Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.

Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded - those wonderful things that we take for granted.

Spreading rumours is our national past time

[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.

I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.

I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.

I tried to dance in my earlier films, but it was more like struggling to stay afloat once you are thrown into the water.

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.