Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've learned, that's the path to happiness.

Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?

I was terrified, terrified in Songwriter, because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified.

Good work is good work wherever it is.

I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.

I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core.

God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners.

I don't know what brings you up here, but to me the town looks prettier and the people look nicer and even the worst of them look almost kind.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.

God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

Most people don't want to leave their wife and children behind but many people seem to want to take leave of themselves.

I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn this.