We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It's a lovely place to be, but it's not extravagant.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

Whatever is destroyed, the act of destruction does not vary much. Beauty if vapour from the pit of death.

When you step up to being excellent, use hard work and commitment as the two powerful forces they are. By being persistent, over time you will earn gleaming success.

Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days.

There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.

I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk.

There is always a cause for fear. The cause may change over time, but the fear is always with us.

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.

Do Mom and Dad know you’re dating a homicidal lunatic? (Madaug) No, and if you tell them, I’ll superglue your fingertips to your keyboard. (Eric)