Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church.

Well I'm a longtime AOL subscriber and I love the whole thing. I'm an email junkie and I love the internet, though 7th Heaven doesn't give me much free time to surf these days.

I'm working on a new novel, in its 3rd draft, but it's hard to write while doing 7th Heaven.

I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one.

Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection.

Don’t be worried about the future. Live this moment so totally that the next moment comes out of it golden.

...for a moment people set down their glasses in county clubs and speak-easies and thought of their old best dreams.

L.A. can be intense but the second you get over the hill into Calabasas, your stress level immediately drops because it's so peaceful and safe. Sometimes I really miss it.

Quos vilt perdere dementat' Whome the gods wish to destroy, they first drive made (Latin).

MBA programs are underwritten by large companies and they succeed at producing future employees of large companies. In that regard, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

I have to enjoy every moment.

I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else.