I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.

I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me

I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

I adore the incredibly tight clothing! My own wardobe's changed - I've streamlined a little bit and definitely learnt from Joan's sleekiness and tailoring.

I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good.

I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public.

Yeah when you're in the middle of filming this movie [Bad Santa 2] it doesn't matter what you say you can think of some sort of way to twist it into something dirty so we were laughing a lot.

Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from 'Mad Men' and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous.

To read Shakespeare is to feel encompassed -- the plays contain practically every word I know, practically every character type I have ever met, and practically every idea I have ever had.

A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it.

If we fight with love, we will have no chance to lose.

His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.

The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.

When I feel like I'm in a rut, I remember it's the little things in life that are important, like riding a bike with a friend or eating ice cream with my baby niece.

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30.

I don't really yell at people.

My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.