I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.

It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.

I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.

Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped, inner city machiya.

The night is the blink of a day

Strategy and execution represent the two sides of one and the same thing.

Weight-bearing exercise builds bone density, builds your muscular strength so that you can hold your body up where those bones have a tendency to get weak.

Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.

Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.

I always have the TV on. When there's no TV, I play music. I like having noise. I think that's why New York is so suitable for me, because it's never really fully quiet.

Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our four-room apartment and read aloud.

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.