As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

Carve-out a niche, craft a personal pitch, push-out content and your brand is enriched.

The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.

In the South they don't mind how close I get, so long as I don't get too big. In the North they don't mind how big I get, so long as I don't get too close.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

What have future generations ever done for us?

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

I'd be damned if I let him see the tears in my eyes.

It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.

Let the enemies of life step down.

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.