You need to have time to really hear God.

Love happens when people forgive.

Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

Perfect love drives out fear

The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.

God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.

You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.

Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.

God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

Never fear to pursue your dream.

I came up with an idea to turn the cliché inside out: instead of humans threatened by zombies, what if a sympathetic zombie was threatened by humans?

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground.

I really enjoyed being on movie sets, and I had fun with the people, but I didn't really think about acting or care, or I didn't think I cared about acting.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?