A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times.

I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.

Everything is an experience. You learn something different from everything you do.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor!

I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.

I like that New York sensibility where you can be edgy, but still super-glamorous.

As a Christian, I think it’s really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

When you're connected to the ocean, you really don't think about what's going on with your email or texts or any of that. You're just a lot more liberated.

You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.

Great friendship is never without anxiety.

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

There is in man a conscience which outlives the sensations the sensations, resolutions, and emotions of the hour, and rises above them all.

We forget that the nineteenth century often turned work into sport. We, in contrast, often turn sport into work.

The light of the Way seems dim.

A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing.

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.

I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.