I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.
In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.
I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones.
you are ever the only one i want to give all the peaches in my heart to the only one by whom i want them bruised.
One of the things that I've been trying to do with my characters, one of the things that does lead to me turning things down, is I don't really want to repeat myself.
The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains one's body?
The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.
My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for me was deeply emotional.
One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented songwriters ever.
I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.
Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.
My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though.
I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and then there's the other one.
I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.
I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important.'
My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.
I prayed every night that God would keep my family safe. But as far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking.
The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband's family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp.
I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'
