With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

I don't give in, I don't give up, I don't take no for an answer.

It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your problems.

I can't sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.

As a matter of fact, it's in our interests that we help reformers across the Middle East achieve their objectives. This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.

Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground.

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.

Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

Wretched un-idea'd girls.

...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends , there's nothing left.