I had such a great upbringing in Puerto Rico, and it was just a very normal life.

I admire them [latinos] for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving.

I love what I do. When a month goes by and I'm not working, I'm miserable.

This is my motto: Rejection is God's protection.

New York doesn't care who you are or where you came from.

I love someone who can make me laugh. And someone who's secure - I think that's sexy.

I don't believe in failure. I believe every setback is an opportunity to learn, regroup, get stronger, and try again.

Go learn the language. Go take some acting lessons. Start from zero like everybody else.

What's important is friendship and family and love.

Always be your husband's best friend, make him laugh and give him a little bit of freedom - you can't suffocate him.

I can wear a sexy dress to any red carpet event. My wedding is my chance to go all the way and wear a princess silhouette.

A thousand happy moments succumbed to history. It was the happiest hour of the year, worst time of our lives. I can still smell the ruins from that cold dark brute stormy October night.

He mentioned the connection between us. He identified with me. These are the things that many people want to hear, that most “normal” people want to be able to truthfully say, but almost no one can.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day.

So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.

The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?

Miss Lynn came around the corner of the row of lockers,glaring daggers. No, daggers would be too delicate a weapon for her.Glaring sledgehammers was probably more appropriate.

In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not feeling; it is a different state of consciousness.

The woods always look different at night...as if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly more ominous versions of themselves to take their places.