We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future generations.

Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.

I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.

I think I have a lot of crazy layers.

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

You live long enough, you lose enough people, you learn to appreciate the memories you have and stop begrudging the ones you never got to make.

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

Why a writer writes? This question is trivial! The important question is this: What he writes?

I like to make you worry. It lets me know you care

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

Emerging church leaders are not impressed by those who defend the Christian faith by promoting definitive answers to convince those who doubt the faith.

Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time

You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

All of management's efforts for Kaizen boil down to two words: customer satisfaction.

The secret of living is to find people who will pay you money to do what YOU would pay to do if you had the money.

It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers.