"Serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 21."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Wisdom principle 28 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."

"As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.'"

"I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else."

"I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability."

"I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched."