I have to say what I do is not easy and there are definitely moments where I feel inadequate to the tasks I've set for myself. And that's hard to fee….

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music..

If you can still write in spite of the fact that you're not getting paid, that nobody cares about what you're writing, that nobody wants to publish i….

I don't remember sitting down and saying, 'This is why I want to be--an actress.' I just knew. It was never a conscious decision or a revelation..

I want to use my gifts to tell the truth, and to tell it as beautifully as I can..

What makes us threaten the things we want most?.

You develop faith by doing things that require faith..

We have plenty of money to do everything we want to do, if we do it smart..

If you don't want to practice, unless you have a hard-nosed coach, you don't have to..

Every time we open the Bible, let's stop and pray, whether for fifteen seconds or fifteen minutes, asking the Spirit to teach us. When I read the Bib….

I'm not responding to any of the personal attacks that come from Donald Trump, because he can say whatever he wants about me, and I have more votes t….

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living..

I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames..

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing..

I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion..

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more..

I want to be an actress, not a personality..

You never know what you'll want to write until it starts writing itself in your head..

You give yourself permission to be the person you want to be, the artist you want to be, no matter what your circumstances!.

I have every magazine known to mankind. I just love home decor and travel magazines, and I'm inspired to go visit places I've never been. That's what….