I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

The lesson that I learned is that you can't drop everything for one person. I've done that and that person has broken up with me, and I've had nothing.

Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.

I love scars on people. Scars to me are so attractive.

If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

Fear of dying brings humans the greatest pain. Death is implicit in every form of joy. Of course, it also brings the end of pain.

She had come to letters late in her life, and though she had mastered them, they had never become her good friends.

I think all wishes are the same, really, " she continued. "Whether they ask for this, that, or the other, what they are really asking for is happiness.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.

Money is no good unless it contributes something to the community, unless it builds a bridge to a better life. Any man can make money, but it takes a special kind of man to use it responsibly.

I hate cats. But this cancer cat made me feel bad, so I was like, Okay, I'll take her back to L. A. and give her her last six months of pain-free life.

Because I was flat out wrong I'm on my knees Begging that you Will forgive me, please

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.