The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.

Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.

A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Oh great. Yoda captured us.

Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)

They call me, The Sharkalator

At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

Love’s value is not dependent on the person receiving it, but on the person giving it.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.

I told you all lawyers are worthless. After all it takes won (sic) to know one.

Almost half of the Turkish population believes it is not legitimate to criticize the government. Interestingly, this correlates with the number of supporters of Erdogan's government.

Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

I love you. I honestly love you.

My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.

You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future