I like that New York sensibility where you can be edgy, but still super-glamorous.

I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.

A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times.

Everything is an experience. You learn something different from everything you do.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor!

I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.

As a Christian, I think it’s really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

When you're connected to the ocean, you really don't think about what's going on with your email or texts or any of that. You're just a lot more liberated.

I didn't like having secrets. Secrets only ended up hurting people.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.

Secrets and mysteries provide a beautiful corridor where you can float out. The corridor expands and many, many wonderful things can happen... I love the process of going into mystery.

Your ideas need not have anything to do with reality. Making conclusions is a sure way of not enhancing our perception.

Let brisker youths their active nerves prepare Fit their light silken wings and skim the buxom air.

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions?