I know George Burns was a very happy man.

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.

You can't be happy, if you're not free and you're not fulfilling yourself.

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.

I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.