And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.

If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is.

Prosperity is no just scale

I think . . . you should have children, John." At least he's no longer talking about bugs."I'm too young, Dad.""It's the most important thing . . . I've done in . . . my life.

Cutting a tree down doesn't kill it

Victory is a thing of the will.

Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems.

It's all background experience and listening and exposure. That's why it's so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.

We have a man [Donald Trump] who understands the frustrations and the aspirations of our fellow citizens.

We don't have to ask for our privacy, we can take it back.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Religion is as necessary to reason, as reason is to religion.

The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.