The temptation to forget is woven into the fabric of these... costumes.

I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say: Wow, I never thought of it like that before!

He felt like he was looking at a whole new world. Not only was he a new person, drowned in magic, but the thousands he faced were different.

You see, Eden, it's not the water that changes. It's what you make of the water that changes. It's finding no offense in the water that keeps you safe, because there's nothing to be kept safe from when you're already safe. One step at a time. Walk.

The only way to know yourself in and as the light is to let go of all your attachments to who you think you are in this world. You know the sayings: hate your entire life, deny yourself, take up the cross. All these mean the same thing. Let go of the meaning you give life in all your judgments of value based on the knowledge of good and evil. You've heard this?" "Jesus said those things," I said, knowing the verses well.

I see now that in my search for love and acceptance, I slowly began to enslave myself to various identities, which I mistook for my real self in many arenas—sports, church, relationships, career, wealth. These identities became like gods of a lesser kind, all of which I hoped would save me from insignificance in this life.

I was fortunate enough to work at the peak of the great golden age of musicals. And then for awhile, I think they were being advanced in different ways. Andrew Lloyd-Webber brought the rock beat to musicals; people tried different things. The joy of musicals is that there is no perfect recipe; it is what you throw into it.

The secret to following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

Not one was willing to break out of that velvet cage of comfort and convenience to begin a radical lifestyle lived from an inner reality

The whole message God wants to tell us is that if we want to experience God, we must first abandon our thoughts and then start thinking His.

You go to certain movies where everything will be right and you will be invested in the story, but a movie like 'The Room' affects you instantly, and you are left with asking questions. You're almost like a part of the movie, as its not doing what it's supposed to do, and you become one with the film, and you say what you want.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.