I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.

I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

Have you children, Mr Brandstetter?" He shook his head. "I was one once. Does it help?

Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

People were making fun of redheads before I came along.

In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

The psychic world is a dimensional plane that you can gain access to. It is a dimension of feeling and clear seeing.

50 told me go head and switch the style up and if they hate, let 'em hate, watch the money pile up.

In today's world, only one person in every 200 is Canadian.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.