You think people hate a fat person? Try a fat person who's trying to get thin.

You don't want to let go, but don't want to be hurt, either. It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you?

I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.

- Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself. - But your yourself sucks! - It is, lamentably, all I have.

You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration. We fundamentally have been a culture that's been put together from the explosions of other cultures. But it's hard for us to see. We have blinded ourselves to the reality of what our country is.