Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong..

I've always felt like a teacher. Whenever I've learned something important, my reaction has always been to tell everybody about it. I read a book, I ….

When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think about your life, about what you feel abou….

As is my way, when I start something that I've put off doing, I always start with the hardest form. So I started with Ashtanga..

We need women friends, women who challenge us... I have chosen not to have any more plastic surgery. Sally Field and I have kind of made a pact about….

Go for the burn! Sweat!.

My position on the POW issue has been widely misquoted and taken out of context. What I originally said and have continued to say is that the POW's a….

You are being used as cannon fodder for U.S. imperialism..

Good physical condition is protection. Our strength comes from our body..

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters c….

Food is more than a matter of taste-it is the fuel for our bodies..

I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky..

I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and m….

Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually..

If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken..

I hate to create cynicism about politicians. We just need to invade. Regular people need to run for office and keep their balls and ovaries intact..

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that..

I like to think both - it's not either/or. It's and..

You're more powerful when talking from your soul..

Women are not forgiven for aging..

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them..