I learned how to speak English watching television.

I have a pretty big fund-raising heart.

I have so much respect for policy makers and diplomats, but I could never be a politician because of the way they dress!

TV and film has defined my entire life.

I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.

Most people are afraid of what will happen when they go outside the lines.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

It was so close to October that Halloween was knocking at his heart.

Outstanding beauty like outstanding gifts of any kind tends to get in the way of normal emotional development and thus of that particular success in life which we call happiness.

There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day.

It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.

I'm protective of the reputation of Christ and the church.

To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.