I want to be a person that isn't surrounded by their mail and their cat.

I'm a little Jewish girl from Long Island, but when I listened to Tina Turner, I pictured myself in a mini-dress, dancing like Tina Turner. It's inevitable.

This life has been a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received actual instructions on where to go and what to do.

I consider myself a writer. I always wanted to act, and as a teen, I studied acting devotedly. Eventually, I got writing work, but very little acting work.

Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

As with any relationship, the market favors those who give more value than they ask for.

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

If we could only live the way we know deep down we should, we would guarantee ourselves a life of richness & fulfillment.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.