My public life was so demanding that I wasn't doing the things that I deemed the most important.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

...my camera is my friend, and I take it everywhere.

Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.

America is run by corporations, it is run by banks and Wall Street. That's why we can't get guns under control. It's because all these lobbyists don't want gun control, they don't want us to have strong environmental safety guards. Young people can become aware of that and they are the most powerful lobby. With a click of a text, you can have millions of people voting for one person.

I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.