I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

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.

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

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.

I'm just a wretched half-blood girl caught in a storm."Akil tasted his wine and smiled. "Muse, you are the storm.

I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.

I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.

It's something I was very hesitant about, but we're the only mammals who don't ingest our own placentas. It's not witchcrafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!

He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.

Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.

Today's society wants to skip the process. And I hate that

Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.