I would be a horrible girlfriend at this point in my life, because I’m both needy and unavailable.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts.

There was an electric buzzing sound that was constantly on, acting as background music like a million cicadas in the forest. A constant white noise.

Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

Personalities don't love. They want something.

I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.

You don't need really expensive clothes to look cute.

There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.

Well, I like the rain before it falls.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.