I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

Endurance precedes success.

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

I am excited about more than just youth culture, and youth is also stretching a bit longer now. But I have to say resistance and disregard keeps me excited.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The typical presidential staff resents the vice-president even more than they do the first lady.

sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.

The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.

Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!

I was in the De Witt Clinton Hight School marching band. One of the worst bands ever formed. When we played the national anthem, people from every country stood - except Americans.

I thought it was excellent, to tell you the truth.