One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life.

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.

For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Isn't Googling someone the first thing everyone does?! They meet someone new and Google them!

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

I used to have to think about awful things to get myself emotionally connected to something.

Love is the way to happiness.

Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know it’s going to be okay.

Lies are like sleeping pills. You should only use them when you absolutely have to. They spoil everything if you make a habit of them.

None shall take advantage of his own wrong.

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

Family life is an encroachment on private life.

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

The metaphor that I frequently use for entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane plane on the way down.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.