Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

...literary translators are the interpreters of human values - and the true peacemakers.

We stand not as victims, but rather to bear witness to the gender injustices present in our lives and in our world as a whole.

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can't do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don't.

Greens are a dish that most Southerners would walk a mile for.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Thanks to my son, I've learned to laugh at myself. Laughter has been my saving grace.

Be more tolerant of the difficult people. They're the creative ones. They're not happy with the status quo.

Falsehood falsehood cures