The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

It's always been my mom and I against the world.

If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.

I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith.

Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it. Because if we actually felt how much we love them, it would kill us. That doesn't make you a bad person. It just means your heart's too big.

I have never tried [cocaine] in my entire life. I've never even seen it. ... I am also way too high-strung. I can't even take a Sudafed. Can you imagine? My God. I think my heart would explode.

I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to.