Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's; and unto human beings, what?
Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.
I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.
I distinguish sentiment from sentimentality. Sentimentality makes your skin crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a great feeling.
The reflexive allergy to L. A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.
What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.
I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
But most love poetry is awful; nobody knows how to write good love poetry either. But that's not a reason not to write love poetry. Some of the best poetry ever written has been love poetry, and some of the greatest poetry ever written has been political poetry.
The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.
You want my dark side? Have I ever stolen anything? Not so much intentionally. But I don't think it's so much stealing as. . . being a part of the flow of the universe. You know, where there's an exchange. It's positive. It's negative. There's an exchange of goods and services