It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside.

Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it?s magical.

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shapeof a helicopter the same size as the helicopterand that's it's only skilland it isn't good enoughbut it's still amazing.

She left, never to return. I planted a tree and a seed each time I thought of her. I grew a small forest and a large garden and had no one to give the orchids to.

A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent.

I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

I think George W. Bush's personality was overwhelmingly shaped in negative ways by his upbringing.

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

I love the cameras and don't mind mailing in my check when I fail to pay attention and go too fast.

If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.