It makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

You have to remember the value of your individuality - that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.

Don't push your weaknesses, play with your strengths

I have the stardom glow.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

Not knowing is not a problem, not wondering is.

All I ever wanted was to make my parents proud. What happens when I can't be proud of them?" --Shea Evenstar

You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.

Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

Strange, the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moment's unwary thought, the pain resurfaced, sharp and raw as a fresh wound.

Who has that perfect faith and trust? Only such a person with that faith and trust can be enlightened.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

Dreams are unrealistic, impractical, demanding - and absolutely essential to living a rich and fulfilling life.

Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life.

I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family.