Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

Nothing lasts forever

And you will keep breaking my heart a thousand times. And I will keep joining the pieces back a thousand times.

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

In theory, the idea of eternity in heaven singing God’s praises sounds really good, but when I realize I have to go through the death part to get there, I’m not quite so enamored with the idea.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

I stay out of the sunshine and away from people as much as possible.

Whatever you do, just don't stand still. Make the changes you need today, so you can live the life you want, tomorrow.

I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair.

But everyone's an expert with the virtue of hindsight . . . .

I am going into the adult market because they don't care what label you are signed to or who you know.

Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.