I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

You can't treat a romantic relationship the same way you do a business one, by being bossy. It takes tender, compromising, loving tactics. And that's such a different approach.

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

I just didn't understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.