Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.

Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!

My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.

What you don't know about women is alot.

I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.

I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.

I live each day with fullness of thanks.

The only thing we need to heal is the belief that we are not already whole.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

My best friend, Wil Wheaton, identifies himself as a geek.

Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced.

The most mighty of nature's laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.

New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.

Time is a very bankrupt and owes more than he's worth to season. Nay, he's a thief too: have you not heard men say, That Time comes stealing on by night and day?