I had the idea to become really emotionally detached, and a lot of the time I've treated people that I've cared about a lot really unfairly.

Our houses are at least 12 feet under water. All you can see on TV are rooftops. And the bridge we came across, the I-10 twin span, is now split.

I love seeing people get excited.

I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from it very strongly.

I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal.

I've always had this thing where I've always seen my parents as people, from a very young age.

My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.

Life offers many reasons to be alive. Death offers none.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled

The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause.

If atheism spread, it would become a religion as intolerable as the ancient ones.

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

I've tried to take the opportunity to be as positive a person as I can be, as positive role model as I can be.

The purity of Jewish upbringing - the restrictions that one carries through life being a 'nice Jewish girl' - what a burden.

You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.

All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.