When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

You have to remember the value of your individuality - that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.

Don't push your weaknesses, play with your strengths

I have the stardom glow.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

We can live without our friends but not without our neighbors.

Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories

Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.

Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.

The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

Then strong, warm arms wrapped around me from behind. "I've got you," Tod whispered in my ear.