I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I tried being anorexic for four hours and then i was like, i need some bagels.

I think it's important for people to know that it's okay to feel like you're not better as long as you keep trying.

I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pushover.

There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money.

I like people's attitudes more than fashion or beauty or whatever it is.

There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.

I don't think I'm a weirdo in a bad way. There's just a lot going on in my head.

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.

I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.

I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.

If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in the form of the American occupation from 1915 to 1934."

Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens.

I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.

I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.

'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued that the Bush administration had been advancing each one.

Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent.