Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted.

Each of us encounters many diverse experiences that make us grow and transform, but we seek to return to our roots, which is quietude.

Life demands death. Life demands death to ego – A state when we only think and care about ourselves.

Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

I feel that if you're in the public eye in any way that you do have a little bit of influence on people.

A learning machine is any device whose actions are influenced by past experience.

The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.