It's not who you are, who you are friends, and how popular they are, it's just about how much you get out of each friendship and how much you learn from each one that really counts.

Social intercourse -- a very limited thing in a half civilized country, becomes in our centers of civilization a great power. . .

Knowledge is the life of the mind

I’d always be watching her. And she knew now that she belonged to me. Every breath she took, every step she made, every smile she faked, I’d always be there, watching her, waiting for her.

One thing a death will do is make you reflect on how many kinds of love there are to be experienced in the world.

I prize the privilege of being alone.

I'm able to do my television projects and movie projects that I really want to explore. For me, it's not about the money, it's not about the fame. I love creating.

The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life

Every step you make in Jesus Christ enrages the devil.

Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.

Writing is a channeling of an individual experience; so is reading. That's what's so exciting about this art form - it's interactive.