In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

I think everyone should follow their instincts, and go with what they feel, and follow their heart.

Some of us need to put down the megaphone and just grab a shovel. Little less talk and a lot more action.

I am a true winner not because my life is free from struggles, challenges and obstacles, but because I always believe that there are some effective solutions to my difficulties in life.

There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.

Tension is a prerequisite for creative living.

Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.

To follow Story is to understand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

What is simple is false and what is not is useless.

I was the world's ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody.

I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks.