“And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service.”

The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else,

I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things.

Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.

Women move through the world never knowing their power.

With full knowledge that the person you married has agreed.

We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.

I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

And I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel.

I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather.

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.

One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

I am in total silence when I write.

You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

I wish I came from a more pure place. I don’t have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.

The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.

I look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y’know, the bottom line is she’s 18!

He leaned about the same way in falling towards Jacqueline, forward, down towards the bottom of the car.

The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.

The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff

My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.

I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.