I'm not 18 anymore, so I'm not into starting unnecessary beefs. It's tacky.

What one person sees as degrading and disgusting and bad for women might make some women feel empowered and beautiful and strong.

We do have a distorted view of our fantasies in society, but that's because we don't talk about them enough.

I don't believe in a God. I don't believe in any of that stuff to determine my life or my goals or my direction. I just depend on myself.

I am an actor. I am an artist. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a partner. I have a past that some people may not agree with, but it does not define who I am.

I am determined and ready to be a commodity that fulfills everyone's fantasies.

A shiny ring isn't romantic to me. I think thought and love into what you do for the person you're in love with - that's romance.

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

People don't really absorb everything they read or hear. They just look at it quickly, and then they choose to remember what they want to remember.

I'd like to think of myself as somebody who has a voice for liberating female sexuality.

drill one hole after another into [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through – I cannot imagine a higher goal for today’s writer.

A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean … or what we really think.

I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.

Why are you sad, when you can sing a song?

good people bring the good out of people

Sunlight dusts them

Just this once, let it be easy.

[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.