I am a woman who stands up for what she believes.

It's so hard to fight against someone who is stuck in what they believe whether you agree with it or not.

After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

God has always been the head of my life, even before I knew it.

Know your history. It can teach you who you are, where you have come from, and how to be a better person as a result.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

I like what looks good on me and, as a result, I don't find myself drawn to one specific designer all the time.

My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.

O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity!Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is life!(“The Testimony of the Suns”)

Faith in God's Loving Kindness has truly been attained when both gain and loss bring the same degree of Gratitude.

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.

We no longer know whom to trust. This is the greatest damage the NSA has done to the Internet, and will be the hardest to fix.

That which sufficeth is not little.

There are nice political formulations that can apply to everyone and to nobody. I wouldn't know how I could be more reserved in my formulations than I already am.

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.

But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.

I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.