Bad memories were hard enough, but it was torture to be haunted by the good.

Strength ebbed and flowed, but brittle would break.

Margaux was older and wiser now and knew the waves couldn't fix what was wrong in her life, but at least they might give her some temporary respite.

Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.

How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.

I've been meditating as part of my yoga practice for so long, I can't remember when I started.

I want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

Sometimes I remind myself of all the things that make me feel so blessed. And then I remind myself to remind myself more often.

I was never completely destitute. I think I borrowed money once off a friend, but I've always been quite careful with my money, having come from not much of it.

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.