To me, that's the wealth of my life: my friends and family and the experience I get to share with them.

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.

I'm living my life as a journey. My quest is to make it better every year.

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.

the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.

Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.

Is it advisable to spread out all the conveniences of culture before people to whom a few steps up a stair to a library is a sufficient deterrent from reading?

Presentation, not reference.

It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace.

It is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented.

[Invading Iraq] would create generations that hated the USA.

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

A friend told me he'd risen above jazz. I leave him there.

[We're making materials] so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong that it has the crash-worthiness of an SUV.