I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.

People who know me, recognize a definite difference in my poise and in my personality, because I've grown.

In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.

For women especially, its important to be financially independent.

I remember specifically my mother telling me growing up don't put my business in the street. I was like seven, and I am like, 'What does that mean.

I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.

There are some people who are very powerful who I will never name, because I want to be able to work in this town.