I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.

We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.

I was trying to talk about where we are right now as a society, and talk about the fear we all live in, and certainly since 9-11, how it's affected us and the world.

My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.

Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.