Leisure, the highest happiness on earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude.

Nobody notices when things go right.

Only in a true life or death scenario can you have mental clearness to know that you cannot feel guilty for surviving.

I deal with the hatred by loving my supporters more.

I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother is Hispanic. But English was my second language, believe it or not.

As a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life.

Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too.

As history has demonstrated many times over, change may arrive slowly or quickly but it is the one constant, in one form or another, on which we can all count.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Don't be in such a hurry.

I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.

God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones we break in our rashness or vanity.

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

I'm not interested to change about the government. I'm interested to change the conditions for the people. So, yes, I talk a lot. But I think this is the only way for Italy in this moment.

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world.

Loss is imaginary. Nothing ever disappears in the universe; it only changes form.