I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

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Boredom is a great motivator.

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Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up.

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When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better.' And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time.

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It is technically a failure when you don't try.

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Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

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Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift.

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Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

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Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much.

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It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

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