There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.

I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.

Music is one of the highest art forms there is. It can define a life, change a life, or even safe a life, in just three short minutes.

We meet the people we’re supposed to when the time is just right.

Hating requires caring. In which case, I couldn't possibly hate you.

You never know what you have till you've lost it.

I’m always thinking about what I’m missing. Even when I’m happy with what I have.

The fact is, the heart and mind aren't always friendly. And in my case, they're barely speaking.

I was a beautiful vampire princess loved, worshiped and admired by all. I lived in a luxurious gothic castle and I have no idea how I ended up at this fiberglass table with you losers.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar

Fall is the season of beauty and delicious food. Be grateful for the change of scenery, and try observing it to get more book ideas.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

Anyone who has brought up children knows that consistency has absolutely nothing to do with discipline.

Do you think that it is possible to have a mere taste of commonness? Either one hates it or makes common cause with it.

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

Children take in more information than we'd like to believe.

The universe is specifically tweaked to enable life on earth-a planet with scores of improbable and interdependent life-supporting conditions that make it a tiny oasis in a vast and hostile universe.

None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing.