I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

I'm aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I'm very lucky.

I can't wish I weren't something that I am.

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

Jesus Christ is Jesus Christ.

In times of failure you are alone. But success brings many friends.

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750, 000 girls per year.

While I was busy reminiscing about my first day on earth, I had forgotten that I was falling to my death. Damned ADD.

I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.

Psychology describes. The Bible prescribes. 'Turn from evil. Let that be the medicine to keep you in health.' Pr 3:7,8.

[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion.

My career doesn't depend on painting Bill Clinton.

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is trying to serve