I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

I think that you have to restrain yourself from googling your name and have other hobbies and desires and wants. You do a million things. You go to school, you write, you read, you blog.

Always have a backup plan.

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists.

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.

Christian Louboutins are uncomfortable, but I screamed the first time I put on a Pointe Shoe.

I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one.

The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.

The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you.

If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.

Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren't looking!

Exactly like everything around us, we are made of the same elements of this earth and are totally dependent on this earth for our sustenance.

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations.

Some people call it fearless, some people call it confidence. And I feel I'm confident of whatever I do.

These moments of inner quiet will burn out all obstacles without fail. Don't doubt its efficacy. Try it.