The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.

My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

Who wanted to make lemonade from lemons, when you could make perfectly good lemonade grenades?

Remember, you are training your mind. You are either training to look for things to go wrong or you are training it to look for anything to go right. Train yourself to think only positive thoughts.

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it.

To all the readers, whom despitethe attraction of tv, of internet, of family troubles, of video games, of sport, of night clubs, have found some hoursso we can all dream together.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.

You can already download any of the religious texts onto electronic mechanisms like a Kindle. But I think many people prefer to hold a book in their hands.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

I think in the same way you find a song that you feel represents the way you feel on the inside, that's for me what fashion is all about. It's sort of an external expression of an internal feeling.