The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.