I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually.

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.

It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.

I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.

The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.

I just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versaces bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those pinch me moments.

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

It is only the sacred things that are worth touching

The psych up comes from knowing what I can both give and get from each role. I get a lot personally from each character I play that I am able to carry over into my everyday life.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.

People want to work with a person, not for a company.

Tomorrow morning the critic will be gone, but the writer will still be there facing the blank page. Nothing matters but that he keep working.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.