You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.

Indy, I have lots of great memories from there, and probably the part of me that doesn't feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It's not gone.

Give yourself permission to shoot for something that seems totally beyond your grasp. You may be surprised at your capabilities

If you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job.

I've been taught from a young age to want to be the best driver... It was about being the best driver and not the best girl.

I'm a good blend of both my mom and dad.

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.

I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into Turn 1, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.

The enthusiasm to work hard and endless determination are the two great skills for success.

You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

[Oscar Wilde's Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that's why I guess it's semi-autobiographical.

For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school. For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.

None of us like violence in the real world, but we're fascinated with it onscreen.

I've got no interest in educating or instructing people.

I'm not a dogmatic Christian and I don't believe in the Bible literally, but I realized that Jesus is basically a very Zen dude.

No more rhymes now I mean it!” “Anybody want a peanut?” “AAHH!