We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer. However, if you can’t see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

Life's too short. I'm not!

Laughter is life-giving. It makes you breathe.

I love live theater; I like the relationship between the show and the audience. That's my comfort zone, but more than anything, it's what makes me happy.

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.

Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Don’t become that which you fear most.

When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

[On acupuncture:] The needles are small and won't hurt at all. In fact, they'll feel good. Ha, ha! Just kidding. They feel like needles. Because they are.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois