Sometimes you look out the window and you look at all the windows, and think inside very single one of them is somebody with some huge, weird, terrible problem, some great jokes.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those have not viewed the world.

You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine.

If you reach for the stars, but only touch the sky, isn't that better than never knowing the sweet taste of flight?

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.

Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!

I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.

I found real fulfillment through my children and through adopting special needs kids.

It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1