Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one shoving them out the door.

If you TRY, and you just BELIEVE, you CAN; you WILL.

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of different movies, to be a chameleon. I don't want to limit myself.

I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they're fat. I'm okay with what I have. I can rock this body, you know?

Beauty is an opinion not a fact.

I don't think anything has been set in stone yet.

I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better.

I like to dedicate myself wholeheartedly to a cause so that I have more impact. My goal is to shed light on the beauty of the ocean and how important it is for our planet.

I know I personally get a little rusty when I've jumped back and forth.

My parents are really good people - they just are not meant to be together.

That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried in my heart all my life.

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

On our own, we’d look totally normal. Together, we’re something else. Together, we’re special.

I don’t want fame, money, or duty. I want to close my eyes and see your loving beauty.

The house fills with the particular atmosphere that accompanies peacefully sleeping children: a rich narcotic silence that creeps down the stairs and twines itself around the table legs.

How is it, one fine morning, Duchenne discovered a disease which probably existed in the time of Hippocrates.

I think I never expected "Gender trouble" to have any particularly revolutionary effect so whatever effects it has, I'm always surprised.

Celery, raw, Develops the jaw

All hopes are lies, all expectations of the future are lies.

Everyone's pedigree merges into everyone else's pedigree. So if you go back far enough, everyone is related.