I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.

It's so hard to fight against someone who is stuck in what they believe whether you agree with it or not.

After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

God has always been the head of my life, even before I knew it.

Know your history. It can teach you who you are, where you have come from, and how to be a better person as a result.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

I am a woman who stands up for what she believes.

I like what looks good on me and, as a result, I don't find myself drawn to one specific designer all the time.

My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

There were many things they simply didn't talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family.

She smiled as she imagined that the sun’s last rays were flames from a distant dragon.

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me.

Taking responsibility as a co-creator with God presupposes a basic understanding of how creation works.

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day.

I'm not giving the president a blank check, period.

Every one will be something worth while, something rare, something perfect.