I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.

I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh... I can't stand it!

You can have terrible things happen in your family. A husband and wife can be having a knock-down, drag-out fight and the minute one of the kids gets hurt, the fight is over and it's about the family.

I'm looking for things that are really connected - education, both in the developing world and at home. The way that that affects communities and, in particular, women.

When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky.

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better.