I've always been a person that believes in eating often and eating smart, clean meals.

I'm horrified of lobsters. And shrimp and lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean.

Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.

I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.

I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.

I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors... It's incredibly romantic.

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them.

Going into a pregnancy is a really challenging time for a woman, because it's forever-changing, both mentally and physically.

Like a carpenter with two broken legs at the bottom of a beautiful staircase. Maybe I can't climb the stairs, ma'am, but at least let me admire the workmanship.

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.

Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood!

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.

I admit I keep a clichéd ironic distance with many things in the world, but Brooklyn is not one of them.

Who are to be the objects of popular choice? Every citizen whose merit may recommend him to the esteem and confidence of his country.

I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.

We cannot accomplish as much as we think we can in one day and we can accomplish more than we think we can in a year. Isn't that true?

The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population.