People think they will wake up one day and I'll be gone. But I'm never going away.

I am attracted to a thug. I like that quality, but I like the other side of it, too. Because all guys who go around behaving in macho ways are really scared little girls. So you have to look beneath the surface. There's a difference between my ideal man and a man that I'm sexually attracted to, believe me. Therein lies the rub.

Who needs a smile when a tear's so full of love?

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.

I cheat on my books a lot, which is not a good thing because it's good to stick with one book and get to the end of it, but I'm a book philanderer.

You're so consumed with how much you get, you waste your time with hate and regret.

I know there's a lot of competition in the world of magazines and newspapers and we have to make headlines and be sensational and sell, and saying bad things about me is going to sell more papers than writing good things about me.