I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in the 17th or 18th century. They really had a big stone castle with authentic furniture.

He never yelled or screamed so I felt very at home and comfortable.

I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in the 17th or 18th century. They really had a big stone castle with authentic furniture.

My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used some of my pictures on magazine covers.

All you'd have to do is get a sad look, and he'd try to do something for you.

I will term-limit myself probably before I would have enough seniority to get a committee chairmanship.

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.

It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

My guitar is a mutation between a classic Fender Stratocaster guitar, which I played for years, and a Gibson solid-body like an SG or a Les Paul. It contains all sounds of the basic classic rock n' roll guitars. It does what I want it to do.

The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

I come from a religious family - my father is a pastor, my uncle, my sister and her husband are a pastor team.

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

I feel the best after a workout - I'm sweaty and exhausted, but it also gives me an energy I really like.

Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.

How can you not be affected by disappointments relating to work you love so much?

In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

My friends seem to think that an hour and a half effort a day is all they need to bring to the altar to make things work for them. I couldn't do that. I thought that if you didn't work at least as hard as the guy who runs a gas station, then you had no right to hope for achievement. You certainly had to work all day, every day.

I think there are a lot of successful people in this country who connect amazingly well with the American people and have - and one of the reasons they are successful is because they connect well.

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

One of the things I do know is we know very little about our universe. Even though we think we know a lot, and we do know a lot more than we used to, we have a lot to learn about our universe.

After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.

If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

Fruit forced is never half so sweet As that comes quite in season.