My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

Sometimes we have to think of the worst so we can figure out how to pick up the pieces and move on. Don't let life slap you with a cold shock

You haven't seen yourself until you look through the eyes of your characters.~Tanela Hicks

First things first, though, I thought, and headed straight for the liquor cabinet. Times like this call for straight scotch, no rocks.

Competition can damage self-esteem create anxiety and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.

No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.

Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition.

Life does not have meaning through mere existence or acquisition or fun. The meaning of life is inherent in the connections we make to others through honor and obligation.

I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]