My mom said the term heavy petting existed a lot when she was in high school.

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.

If you truly love someone, you should be more interested in keeping them happy than in being right.

The ideal committee is one with me as chairman and two other members in bed with flu.

I'm not extra sensitive to handshakes. I shake hands all the time.

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.

The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.

If I thought, had any idea, that I'd ever be a slave again, I'd take a gun an' jus end it all right away. Because you're nothing but a dog. You're not a thing but a dog.

Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed.