Do you know what it's like to be the kind of girl that boys never talk to and then suddenly, a boy talks to you?

It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.

Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.

Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food, but I can still ruin soft drinks for everyone!.

Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.

You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.

Being myself didn't work. Being someone else didn't work. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have friends.

A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.

Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.

Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of joy of living.

Sunshine, if I ever disappear, please tell people that I ran after the Devil, trying to get my soul back.

You don't have to climb ladders to reach God. He dances within all He creates.

The drive to want to know is innate in people. You cannot influence this. I think in contrast it is harmful if you push kids too far in a particular direction.

Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating.

Love taught me that your honour did but jest.

In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.

I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . . . what he learns and the way he understands it.

We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong!