Just because someone's older and you think they're cooler doesn't mean you should abandon your real friends.

Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.

Sometimes you just have to trust people.

I guess I could have a couple of secrets.

I'm fourteen years old; that's almost half-way to thirty. I need my own space.

A girl's got to have a few secrets.

Being popular doesn't mean you're better than anyone else.

Sometimes it's good to be not so popular.

It doesn't make sense to change who you are just to hang out with people you think are cool. You know, you just have to be yourself.

Gratitude opens the door to faith and faith opens the door to our relationship with God.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don't do it.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

I bought an ideal gift for my mother-in-law - a battery-operated mouth.

It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)

A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.

Don't worry that you can't seem to come up with sure billion dollar winners at first. Just do projects for yourself for fun. You'll get better and better.

Progress? It ought to be stopped, that's what I say. If the Lord meant chickens to come out of incubators he'd never have made hens, it stands to reason.