I may have no idea what I'm talking about," I said, a little ticked off now. "But we're all a part of a minority waiting for a majority to pull their heads out of their asses.

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out

I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don't know about.

It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.

Intelligence is not a competition," she said. "There is plenty to go around, and there are many ways it can be demonstrated.