When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame.

The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.

The more you are positive and say: "I want to have a good life." The more you build that reality for yourself; by creating the life that you want.

I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.

It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.

I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.

My nipples could cut glass.

No one can trust you until you can trust yourself.

Don’t pray for the sake of prayer, pray only because you want to be God

The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt — and that is what you have been doing all your life.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

I want to be the rock that floats.

A picture can say 1000 words but it can also inspire you to write 1000 more.

The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.