Plan ahead! Prepare dishes ahead of time if you can. Keep it simple. Most importantly, have fun and enjoy your guests.

I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell of burnt flesh. It immediately reminded me of a barbecue.

I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great

Our bodies are made to nurture and cuddle and all of those amazing things that come along with being a mom.

For me, there is no hope without faith. Faith is a higher good. Faith in our divinity.

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

if you belive in something then you should do it dont let anything stand in your way.

I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.

It's hard enough to go through puberty. Everyone's embarassed about their youth, but if just happens that the '80s were particularly disgusting. Flock of Seagulls is not cool.

We now expect more from technology and less from each other.

I remember the stink of corruption. It had a kind of sweetness to it, a sweetness that'd make you want to hurl.

If someone is angry with you, it has a reason. To know just put yourself in the same condition and at the place of that one and talk the same arguments

What you are alone is what you are.

Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there's always something we could be grateful for.

Academic Marxists, with their elitist sense of superiority to popular taste, are the biggest snobs in America.

Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the shore, Distinction ceases and they're view'd no more.

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.

The Post Office is very careful nowadays. When they get a package marked "Fragile," they throw it underhand.

Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again.