Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen.

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

But you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.

I'm the same age as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

When evil rules a time and place, certain good people are called upon to tell the truth to those who don't want to hear it.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.

You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was going that fast.

What I love about jewelry is you can change it for something else without surgery.

I've always been a tech-head.

You have to conquer the mountain if you are going any futher

While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth.

Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.