There's nothing beautiful about somebody killing themselves.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well.

Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.

You have to have a little faith in people.

I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening.

The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are genetic tendencies toward mental illness, you need to be aware of them.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

A hero is someone who is selfless.

I remember thinking as a child that diamonds were stars that fell from the sky as shooting stars. You can only imagine my disappointment at learning the truth of them. I still prefer the stars.

If he didn't want his opinion, why did he ask for it?

All people—all lives—are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.

Too many of the artists of Wales spend too much time talking about the position of theartists of Wales.There is only one position for an artist anywhere: and that is, upright.

The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.

Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.

A mind in the present moment is meditation.