I couldn't have asked for a better kid. She's our own little Buddha baby so far. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop to tell you the truth. It's like the calm before the storm.

They do say breastfeeding is nature’s lipo.

Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown.

I think it's really important for my daughter to see her parents being physically fit and for that to be a part of her life. The examples we set for her will stay with her the rest of her life.

Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.

I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.

I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

I will probably only give birth to two and then the rest will come to our family however it happens. I can only hold two, but you never know. I really want a boy because boys love their mamas!

My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again.

I don't relate to that angst-y kid who hates their parents because they were horrible. It's just not my life and it's not the life of a lot of my friends.

But just as quantity wins respect and honour for a church, it is quality that provides a church with safety and protection.

You can never lose anything. You only gain the moment of beauty like a bud transforms into a flower.

Live it already, write about it from the point of view of already having it, and be so happy and grateful at its impending arrival.

Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken.

God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

he was watching me and when our eyes met, i had no fan to cover my face, no way to hid my feelings. i was desperate for him, and he could see it, all the way in me.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.