Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

Easter is never deserved.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

Technology makes people equal, it gives them a fair advantage.

When you lie there's always going to be a consequence. Lying never wins at the end.

We've decided what we are. That's the dream. When the dream fades, it's not that we don't exist. How could we not exist since we never existed?

I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.

I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.

Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

I’m an actress, a brand, a businesswoman. I’m all kinds of stuff.

It's weird, like, my life has always imitated art, and my art has always imitated life.