I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

Destiny, if I could sit across the porch from God, I'd thank Him for Lending me you.....

In the school of mortality, we experience tenderness, love, kindness, happiness, sorrow, disappointment, pain, and even the challenges of physical limitations in ways that prepare us for eternity.

Unrestricted nationalism is, in the long run, incompatible with world peace.

Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.