Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.

I'm living my life as a journey. My quest is to make it better every year.

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.

Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

The memory of how he felt when he cared about her was going to be the most painful thing after he began to hate her.

I was born to be your rival, ' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.

Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the gifts are from God.

I was looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, so I asked myself: "What do you want to do? Is there something you can give to the world?"