I do all kind of fun things when I'm unconscious.

Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.

In what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE has to be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. SOMEONE has to be a ballerina. Why not us?

I don't necessarily consider myself a virgin, probably because I have such a penetrating personality

Intelligence is not a competition," she said. "There is plenty to go around, and there are many ways it can be demonstrated.

...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.

No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.