I've always been a big proponent of not working for the sake of working, because I don't want to work for the rest of my life - I want to live.

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

I think that you have to restrain yourself from googling your name and have other hobbies and desires and wants. You do a million things. You go to school, you write, you read, you blog.

Always have a backup plan.

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists.

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.

Christian Louboutins are uncomfortable, but I screamed the first time I put on a Pointe Shoe.

I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one.

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

What the hell makes you smart?" I asked."I wouldn't go for coffee with you.""Listen - I wouldn't ask you.""That, " she replied, "is what makes you stupid.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

Do not talk about the soul, heaven, or God. Talking about something that is not yet a reality for you amounts to falsehood.

Weezy F. Baby/ And the 'F' ain't for fear

God is not an elusive dream or a phantom to chase, but a divine person to know. He does not avoid us, but seeks us. When we seek Him, the contact is instantaneous.

Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers.

You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.

I have nothing to complain about.. except maybe people wondering if a queen like me can be butch-it-up enough to play a convincing straight man.