One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions.

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

Children reinvent your world for you.

Happiness is the true beauty weapon.

I believe in using words, not fists.

It's important to just keep wanting whatever it is you want and fight for it, desperately.

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.

It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job.

Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate.

Bert knows it would take more than a little row to get between us. Because friends like us, like Bert and me, we'll always be together.

Approach the goal you’ve set with a positive, grateful attitude, and your perception about the goal and the journey will feel less like work, and more like fun.

I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.

I really admire visual storytelling that shows you what's happening, instead of tells you what's happening. I think it really forces the filmmaking to be very clear.

We live in a very modern age and the dynamic of raising kids and being a professional are intersecting a lot more - especially for women.

I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.