I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

If I lose you, I lose everything

I was Hannah Montana's mother ... Where did I go wrong?

If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.

To grow a philosopher's beard.

Anyone can lose a few pounds, but not everyone has the tools to stick with it.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

You don’t drive races on paper.

I'm a quiet person, I'm not a flashy art world person. I'm in the studio in the middle of nowhere. There's sheep and fields. The work has to be authentic in that way.

I have never been a celibate. If people believe so, that is their foolishness.

Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.