Not all women write the same. But I don't understand why the model is that you're supposed to write like a man, and that means you're a real writer.

I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

Don’t wait for others to celebrate you, learn to do it yourself.

The practice of the Sufis is too sublime to have a formal beginning,

Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

New media companies look remarkably like the old ones they aspire to replace: male, pale, and privileged.

I'm really getting better at guitar. I'm not trapped behind a piano. You can get out and move with a guitar and still direct the band.

Where the terror is, is where you must go.

do u ever think, when ur all alone, all tht we could be, where this can go, am i crazy, or falling in love?

I had to beat him up in front of everybody for threatening me.

I think happy and hope is more hopeful when you acknowledge that there's awful things too.