I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted.

No matter how giant and rich you are, if you are isolated you will fall and remain alone in this world

The definition of being committed is getting things done with absolutely no excuse, with an unshakeable and undeniable passion and with an uncompromised integrity.

Why do you do it, Amber? Why do you go after people like you do? It’s not who you are.”“That’s the point, ” Amber said. “I’m not allowed to be who I really am.

You're handsome and you have a nice accent, and a chest that would make a nun perspire.

Once you taste a little of the sweetness that life can be, there really is no going back.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

The impossible becomes possible if only your mind believes it.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

Two sure ways to fail- Think and never do or do and never think.