Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

Starting and profitably running a business is not just some achievement, it is heroism.

As life unfolds, remember that all the answers are found in Christ.

Refrigerators are good for keeping homemade moonshine less gross. Freezers are good for keeping rattlesnakes less angry. Garages are good to hide in when your wife finds either.

These empty pages are your future, soon to become your past. They will read the most personal tale you shall ever find in a book.

No one's serious at seventeen.

I love Los Angeles. It has a lot to offer culturally and has amazing restaurants.

They need a role model. They need a star!

They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn't that what everyone wants? To be seen?

No one is perfect. It's not interesting to be perfect.

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.