"I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight."

"I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone."

"I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth."

"I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying."

"I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry."

"The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories."

"I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!"

"I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension."

"Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years."

"Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important."

"I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV."

"Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating."

"I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success."

"Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful."

"Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not."

"I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love."

"You can die of the cure before you die of the illness."

"With a houseful of kids you give each other strength."

"I think all of us create our own miracles."

"Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention."

"I believe that there is God in all of us."

"I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments."