"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

"I always talk about my characters like they're real people."

"I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10."

"I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common."

"Wisdom principle 5 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 17."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."