It was so incredible to be able to get the opportunity to make my own first album. I never expected to do that.

Everybody at school knew who I was because I'm just a really friendly person.

I am a very open, social, friendly person, and when it comes to people approaching me and asking for an autograph, I am totally cool with doing any of that. It's a lot of fun.

You've got to be fine with who you are.

I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes.

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't really upsetting to me. I feel like if I do lose, the other person really deserved it.

French fries. I have been obsessed with them since I was born. I like big, big steak fries, curly fries, seasoned fries - any kind!

I can do a really high-pitched cartoon voice. Everybody always say they like that.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

If I'm in a bad mood, my thing is I go clean! That's what relaxes me! I go and clean everything.

Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position.

Avoid a wasteful life and make each unit of time count

For me, the most magical truth of this universe is that no magic is required.

Keep dreaming big. You have a great glorious future.

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.

This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave.

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

The American people are frustrated.

When God gives you a vision and darkness follows, wait. God will bring the vision He has given you to reality in your life if you will wait on His timing. Never try to help God fulfill His word

We all understand that the debasement of a nation's coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!