I do hope that for the young women watching the show they know it is heightened reality and just grown ups playing teenagers. That's not how it is supposed to go. Just keep it to yourself.

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life.

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.

One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.

For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Isn't Googling someone the first thing everyone does?! They meet someone new and Google them!

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

There is an unreasonable joy to be had from the observation of small birds going about their bright, oblivious business

Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.

This is what we desire in intimate relationships but this deep connection is often so frightful that most do not take advantage of the opportunities presented for honesty.

A monster's worst fear is of being found.

You can never make a woman happy, it's impossible. I've never met a happy woman in my life. They're always complaining about something.

I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just fundamentally disagree with him philosophically.

Winter always turns into Spring.

Hit them. Fight them. They are cursed; they are evil.

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.