The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.

Even if you're the greatest of all time, people are not just going to give it to you. It's a great lesson.

I see the US Open as glamorous. That's the word that comes to mind.

I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends

Sometimes you just want to get away and be normal for a few days. It's a treat to travel without your racket bag.

I'm very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It's still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad.

Once human beings had developed higher-order consciousness, they had the ability to see mental images projected onto surfaces and to experience afterimages.

Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.

Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan I heard when I was 13. It was one of those things where it was like, "Hey, the world is much bigger than you imagined as a little kid."

Heels are really hard to wear. I feel bad for every girl that has to wear heels or chooses to wear heels. They're not fun.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

Further, for once, I like the idea that people who think I'm a constant voice for the furthering of the imagination have to see that interest in a more materialistic fashion.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.

We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening.

I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.

I love women more than anything.