Mom worked with autistic children.

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.

I need to travel - I crave the power of the ocean and the trees give me so much energy to think.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

I was a barefoot earth child for a couple of years.

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that.

I’ve always been quiet, more of an observer.

Change, of course, is growth, and anything that is not growing is either paralysed or it's not alive, because that's life; we always change and we grow.

You can't give if your cup of inspiration isn't full.

I'm a fatalist. I believe things happen for a reason, that you attract people and situations that are meant to fulfil your path.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.

I’m going to kiss you.”Another whimper, but she didn’t jerk from his hold. “I know, and that’s an extremely bad idea.

In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style.

A woman who writes feels too much.

When I think of the pace that I drove my first race, everything was happening a million miles an hour. Now when I get in the car everything happens so much slower.

No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us," he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.