I think, on a frame like mine, if I lose a few pounds, it makes a big difference. I hated every bit of attention on my weight and size. Even now, I can't put into words what exactly happened.

The way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon.

What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.

I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.

I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be.

I've been doing a lot of hiking, which I love

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

I just can't eat without my sunglasses.

No, I am who I am. Im not going to change for anybody.

Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

Courage is not afraid to weep and she is not afraid to pray even when she is not sure who she is praying to.

No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to "commit"...

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy."

Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by 'happiness' is meant something that makes other people feel content.

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.

We need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise.