"I'm not a religious person. I'm a spiritual person. I believe in a higher power, but I don't believe in organized religion."

"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I get it."

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

"I'm not a perfect friend. I'm a good friend. And I love my friends more than anything in the world."

"My mother said, 'If you can't be a bridge, be a plank.' I thought that was a rather ingenious way of putting it."