Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect.

Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings.

I guess I have a faith. I have an overriding feeling that all of this can't be for nothing. But then I also fully understand that it might be.

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

Niall: Help! Louis: Did anyone hear that? Niall: Help!! Louis: SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP! RAAH! (Pulls open shirt and has Superman shirt underneath) Superman is here!!

I always have searched for a point of view that a participant could change.

You should be able to tell your child, "This is an actor. And she's older than Mommy!"