For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York.
I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.
It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.
It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.
If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!
You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
Sometimes in the course of human events it becomes necessary to kick some ass. Knock them down, but then extend a hand to help them change.
As you bloom in new seasons, you must get down on your hands and knees, take a closer look and bravely remove the weeds.
I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying, I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'
I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!' That drive can't be held down.
No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.
Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.
In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.
In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm.
I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.
Don't focus on who let you down. Appreciate who lifted you up. Don't focus on who darkened your days. Appreciate who brightened them.
If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.
I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.
I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.
To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.
We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice.
