When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.

Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist.

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

I may cry ruining my make up, Wash away all things you've taken.. I don't care if I don't look pretty, Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking.

I don't want to be famous, or recognizable.

People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

Sometime your heart is the only thing worth listening to.

Real life seems to have no plots.

I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.

I'm not incredibly hipster. I wasn't cool enough to handle it.

It seemed Abe Vigoda's career was done until he was pronounced dead in print.

Are you stalking me, Mr. Fulton?" The idea both amused and horrified Jazz.

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.

Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.

I've been in this business so long, it just doesn't faze me. I know what's going to happen before it happens.

In some ways, certain books are more powerful by far than any battle.