My only real solace? Sleep. In the absence of an explanation of anything, for everything, I live for it and what it can bring.

We angels are misconceived in the human world. People perceive us as kindly and bountiful; when, in truth, we are about as fluffy, as gentle, as yielding, as rattlesnakes.

If I get too comfortable, I will wake one morning and everything around me will have shifted overnight. All I knew? I know no longer. And all I had? Vanished in an instant.

I carry your kindness wherever I go. That way your love touches far more than just me.

I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible.

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.

Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when we get out of rhythm, that’s when we get into trouble.

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time.

I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles.

I think we need to have more women in the Republican Party talking about what it is were trying to do for families.

The truth is uncompromising.

Most people are grateful because they are happy. Wise people are happy because they're grateful.