The longings of the human heart are changeable and elusive. The good fortune we enjoy today may not be appreciated until it has been taken away and we have to fight and try to get it back (p.132)

What are you doing here?”All right, he was standing in front of an easel, holding a paint palette and brush. “Taxidermy?” he responded with just a touch of his own sarcasm.

Every great soul had a great mentor.

The great actors always play themselves.

You can't do sweatpants... ladies, number one cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no!

Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

Everything I write means a lot to me because it is my head on paper.

Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse.

I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.