For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

I think everyone should follow their instincts, and go with what they feel, and follow their heart.

Hatred is like fire. It burns the one who harnesses it. It's also extremely hard to see more helpful truths through its flames.

Where no plan is laid where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident chaos will soon reign.

Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor.

I don't know of anything better than a woman if you want to spend money where it will show.

It is not the voice that commands the story it is the ear.

I think the world on the other side of fossil fuel is more local - the logic of sun and wind is diffuse and spread out, not concentrated like the logic of coal and oil.

Traditional American values: Genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods.

The positive side about dealing with the logistics of moving books around is that it's better than a gym!

Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.

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