It's part of what I do at my piano - the hymns. And then I write.

Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism.

In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God.

I see some some of these other guys, and they're wearing the hats and the jackets and saying the words and they're relating and they're picking. But there's something missing.

If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie.

Be a good human.

I didn’t even know a piece of me was missing until I had her for the first time.

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.

Guys kick friendship all over just like a soccer, nonetheless it does not appear to crack. Girls deal with it like glass and it goes to items.

My journals were a clearing house - a garbage can. Once I was writing seriously, I understood that this was the stuff that didn't belong in my work.

I think of the inner voice as a compass or as a wayshower to guide our path.

I love playing a character that eats on television. It's so fun.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government.

Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no other development.