While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

A song can be more than words and music ... when sung with soul a song carries you to another world, to a place where no matter how much pain you feel, you are never alone.

I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They both shine when it's their time.

The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.

We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux.

I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.

You write people as human beings first and then the gender specific stuff second.

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

Linear thinking is patriarchal.

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.