Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

I never smile unless I mean it.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts.

I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves.

I love cranberry juice, but I'm not a coffee drinker - as a Mormon, I avoid caffeine.

It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business.

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father.

That was the aura of Cheers: It was special. It was more than TV; you could get people to guest on the show you couldn't normally get.

Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.

If there is no happy ending. Make one out of cookie dough.

The message is that all things are connected. We have animal aspects, anthropological aspects, plant-animal aspects.

It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a global movement whose members cooperate with each other throughout the world, based on the same religious worldview - the spread of Islam, until it rules the world.

Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.