"If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance."

"What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real."

"If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice."

"For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying."

"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."

"The true measure of a man is the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow."

"There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold."