The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.
Gardening is peaceful, yet there is a great element of failure. It's the perfect metaphor for life -- a lot of pleasure, then it's over. There's great satisfaction in tending something, feeling it needs you, even if it's just a plant on your windowsill.
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.
When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself. . . but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.
I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.
Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows the kind of personality players I like. He has taste that I trust and that to me is more important than any technical things.
People would rather be shown how valuable you are, not told.
A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.
The ultimate in wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past.