Quotes About Joy

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap!

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

When my husband and I first got married, I was so shocked at my own level of joy that I was convinced it was all going to come crashing down.

Part of the fun of kids is the craziness, and you've got to embrace that side of it as well.

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

It's a crazy game. And it's a beautiful game.

Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.

Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was.

It always gives you pleasure when you score runs in Test cricket.

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.

Retirement has never, ever crossed my mind. And I honestly can't imagine when or why it would. If you're doing the thing you love, why on earth would you want to stop doing it?

The country crowd just has fun.

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.

We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration.

Marriage and being a mother are absolutely crucial to my happiness and my life.

Football is a wonderful game which can be cruel at times.

It is better to laugh than cry.

I don't want to make people cry - unless it's with happiness.

It's better to make people laugh than cry.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I want you to laugh and cry. That's what I do.

I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.