My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

I don't think there's any accidents in my life.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.

Each person has their own calling on this Earth.

Hell get tired of chasing someone who doesnt chase back

Holding you here like a rose in the dark. I make this promise to you from my heart. You wont be lonely now.

Im so miserable without you its almost as if youre here

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

I never really cook from recipes. But the worst is when something turns out great and I can't figure out how to make it again!

I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

I like to keep my team together.

I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are.

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.

The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes literature.

I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life.

You cant help getting older but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm in mind as well as body.

Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.

If you build a car, you can only sell it once. If you paint a fence, you only get paid for it once. If you create a piece of software that's essentially free to reproduce, you can keep getting paid over and over perpetually.

It will be a difficult couple of days. Its difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

We see the sea as this place of leisure and this place, you know, a blue patch on the map to fly over because we all go by plane these days, mostly. And we don't really see it as a place of industry anymore.

All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.

I have never had so much fun as in Montreal. I taught the kids French, I baby-sat, I went to school, I was a receptionist at a hairdresser's, I danced and drank all night. I found that the more you do, the more you have time to do... it's weird, non?

My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.

Charity is a supreme virtue and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

The truth of your instincts is the root of your foundation.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

California is where you cant run any farther without getting wet.