My mom told me, 'don't grow up too quickly; once you're an adult, you're an adult.'

Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.

I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way.

I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.

You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.

I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.

I fully credit my family for keeping me grounded and for putting me back in line whenever necessary.

The great thing about life - I'd rather not know and just hope I'm happy and healthy and I feel as good about my life as I do now.

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

The undisciplined mind confuses misfortune with mistakes.

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.

There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?

The plumber he says, never flush a tampon. This is great information, cost me half a weeks pay.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.