[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you'll be at whatever you want to do.

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.

I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.

Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.

Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.

I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"

All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation.

He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.

A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.

We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this.

Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .