I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go.

If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that.

There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.'

I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.

Adventure is worthwhile.

I have realised that to ensure my family stays healthy, it is important I stay fit and healthy myself.

If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.

I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.