It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for what is most uniquely us.

Money can cloud your vision.

I am not a snob, because I know opulence doesn't stamp out ignorance and unhappiness.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

We don't have seasons anymore. You know why? We lost the ozone layer. Well, put it on milk cartons - let's find it!

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.

I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.

I'm definitely a boot-scootin' kind of guy.

I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.