I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.
I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.
When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.
I've had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I'm okay with that, because I had a strong belief that what I was doing other people could believe in it, too, if I can get it just right.
I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.
I have a tremendous belief in people, not that people don't let me down, not that I haven't maybe let some people down. But I have a tremendous belief in people and in the common experience.
Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
Day after day I look in the mirror and I still see something
We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a woman shows how much she cares by how much she's willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure; how suicidal she's prepared to be.
My breakfast is very important.
All field sports people are doing is turning an inevitable necessity into a pleasure. If the animal is going to be killed anyway, why not take pleasure in it?