Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives.

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.

Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children.

The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level.

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

Kindness rarely costs anything, but its worth is immeasurable.

I'm enormously afraid of one inevitable and trivial thing - that one day I'll simply cease to exist.

Give the agent something easy to reject, something to justify his authority - that way they won't look too closely at the rest of your things.

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's.

What works on the net works for people in general. The net has very little to do with technology, what matters is how people use the technology.

To me, young has no meaning. It's something you can do nothing about, nothing at all. But youth is a quality. And if you have it, you never lose it.

For me, commitment boils down to honor.

You don't know a thing about me

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.