Alana Stewart

“I think that research is incredibly important and hopefully one day there will be a cure for cancer. They are making great strides.”

“A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that.”

“A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life.”

“One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.”

“Sometimes you just have to let go of the old and trust that something better is going to take its place, even if it's scary to face change and the unknown.”

“Men come and go - God knows they certainly have in my life - but girlfriends are for ever. I have a lot of girlfriends but only a few very, very close ones.”

“It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions. But I am friends with a lot of them, and most have armed guards with them or outside their homes.”

“Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person.”

“All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.”

“No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.”

“I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.”

“I went to one doctor who told me I wasn't exercising enough. I was so exhausted, I couldn't raise my arm. When this doctor called it psychosomatic, I was enraged. To think the constant sore throat and swollen glands were all in my head was infuriating.”

“We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder.”

“I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer.”

“It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun.”

“I watch what I eat. I'm careful with exercise. I do enough to try to stay healthy, but I don't overdo, and I pace myself... Most important of all though, I try to think healthy thoughts.”

“At the end of the day, I know that I would rather be alone and occasionally lonely and unhappy than in a miserable marriage and lonely and unhappy all the time. I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.”

“Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.”

“Young people don't really study the facts; they watch the skewed MSNBC and get a primarily liberal education.”

“I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.”