I'm the kind of person who becomes silent when I get scared, because I hope Death will not notice me if I am very still and very quiet. It has worked well so far.

If you believe in yourself and work hard, your dreams will come true

If you believe in yourself and work hard, your dreams will come

If you've got it, flaunt it. And if you don't got it? Flaunt it. 'Cause what are we even doing here if we're not flaunting it?

I am the kind of person who, if my feelings are unrequited, can completely detach from someone emotionally if I simply put my mind to it.

What I didn't need was some hot-and-cold long-distance flake wasting my time. It hurt my feelings and made me feel like something was wrong with me.

I lost my mind. I lunged at him and inhaled all of his fries standing up a foot away from the trash can. No food is as delicious as food you eat standing a foot away from a trash can. Ask any possum.

There is a certain type of greasy hair that you get only when you are writing with no breaks.

Just bear a passing resemblance to a fictional romantic trope I like and I will love you forever. We're all just trying to find the Mark Darcy of our workplace, aren't we?

I don’t really like organizations where people are “deemed” things.

Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...

I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.

With a sense of humor like that, you could make a living as a garbage man anywhere in the country.

I have to make a dress out of recycled materials for my kid's preschool 'Project Runway' - like assignment. I'm currently fusing plastic bags.

If you've got a deadline and you're an artist, you've just got to be on the case - nothing else can come in the way, or you won't make good work... the people around you just have to understand.

To those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission.

Iran is determined to remove ambiguities, continue talks and win its rights.

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.