I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

A seed today is a forest tomorrow.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

My will and my desire were turned by love, the love that moves the sun and the other stars.

...as bad as it is here, it's better than being somewhere else." -Chris Rose, regarding life in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.