I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

I don't ever really notice when guys are hitting on me. I'm oblivious.

Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.

Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.

I think men are a beautiful creation.

I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen.

It seems a little self-involved to be like, 'Oh, he's hitting on me.' Maybe he's just trying to start up an innocent conversation.

I think there's an innocence to me.

I just didn't know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.

Figs are delicious with soft cheese and ham, Toast is quite scrumptious with butter and jam, Eggs are improved by parsley and salt, But milkshakes are best with strawberries and malt.

A substantial daily intake of alcohol was the perfect way to stay in shape.

It is doubtful we can be Christian in anything unless we are Christian in everything.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

It is within your power to see that all you have experienced, trials, errors, faults, deceptions, passions, your love and your hope, shall be merged wholly in your aim.

The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.

My photography comes from absolute matter-of-fact situations but also from a deep curiosity that I possess for people, for what they do and how they think.

You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.

If a bout of "creepy face" sets in, the trick is to look away from the camera between shots and turn back only when necessary. This also limits how much of your soul the camera can steal.