New York has their own character. I love the fans here. They are very honest, and I love that.

I just want to have fun.

I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.

You have to go through rough patches to achieve great things

I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.

Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.

That intensity, that feeling of the battle, heat of the moment: personally, that's what I live for.

Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.

I always take things step by step and match by match.

I wouldn't say I let myself down, just sometimes it doesn't go your way.

My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.

and if i asked you to name all the things that you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself?

You can only chase a butterfly for so long.

I wouldn't give myself any advice, because advice is kinda bullshit. Take a deep breath and don't take any of it too seriously.

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work.

Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only one freshness - the first - and it is also the last. And if sturgeon is of the second freshness, that means it is simply rotten.

Only those who are ready to become nobodies are able to love.

Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.

Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.

I think I love jokes! The best jokes are equal to the best art, in my mind, and as rare.