All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.