I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.

Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?

People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn't know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost.

I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they were sad, or if they reminded me of something, or they brought back a memory.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.

When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.