I believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. I do think women should have a choice but also that women should be making responsible decisions.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

I ask you to kill my father for the crime of bringing me into existence.

The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny.

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

Never index your own book.

I respect my boundaries, and I insist that others respect them, too.

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved.

I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.

Arrogance needs advertising, confidence speaks for itself.