My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from.

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break.

I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive.

The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.

I love being a woman. I love the sexiness we get to exude. But the best thing about being a woman is the power we have over men.

Beauty lies mainly, above all, in personality, not in the skin.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

I could never give up Mexican food. Nachos are usually my go-to if I'm courtside at an NBA game. I always, always get my picture taken with my mouth wide open and a tortilla chip sticking out of it!

I just came into my own sexuality at thirty. I don’t think it’s something you can deeply experience at 18 or any time before that,.

Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.

Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

It's in the private places of the heart that freedom is made or unmade by the discipline we create there.

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music.

Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

I think you always have to try to expand the content to make it exciting for the audience and the kids out there with the cars and the robots.

Civilized life exacts its toll.

There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.

We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.

There were two kinds of women: those who wear nail polish and those who don't. Which do you prefer?