Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish.

It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better.

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.

You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a book, you can open it again and again.

The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.

Apropos, you're going to have to learn to sooner or later that you can't just let other people decide what the world around you should and shouldn't be.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.

I think that Goldman Sachs and the Pentagon determine more of America's outcome then any president or any congress, that sounds a bit cynical, but I think I am right.

They've been taught by too many that this war was necessary when it isn't.

Conservative principles place growth and opportunity at the forefront, and I look forward to the RNC continuing to promote those values in communities across the nation as we grow the party.

I want to spend time with Oprah and I don't know what I need to do to make that happen.

These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.