Simply being myself makes me feel vulnerable.

I usually head up to the mountains or out into the desert. Somewhere nobody is. There I can dig deep and find the core that got me where I am today. It's sort of like my reset button.

I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.

I'm pretty cerebral, so I can occasionally rationalize emotional pain away, but when I can't, that's when I start to feel the fire inside take over and somehow manage to power through.

Although it may seem like it, life will never give you more than you can handle. That doesn't mean it's going to be easy; in fact, quite the opposite.

Life is going to test you. But no matter how bad it may seem, we can always step up and beat it.

Have faith in yourself.

Whether you're a vampire or werewolf, love is still love. Betrayal is still betrayal.

I'm not afraid of scars, be them emotional or otherwise. I think it builds character, and if it doesn't destroy you, I truly believe it makes us stronger.

It doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter if you have training or a background in it. Just create something, and lend a piece of yourself to that art.

Be brave enough to create.

Understanding is the assassin of bigotry, and lays a strong foundation upon which to build a tolerant society.

I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things, I think, on the inside, show on the outside.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

Get outside of their comfort zone and try something new. You never truly grow when you're too comfortable.

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

Listen, my body is attracted to your body but when you speak it makes my brain angry.

Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.