Part of me has always wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe or any Fifties Hollywood starlet. On screen, they seemed so sexy and simple and looked after. In real life, I'm none of those things. But I'd...

I've never been very good at fitting into boxes.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions - especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy,...

I have done 'Sports Illustrated,' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.

We aren't cool and never will be.

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

The problem is normal wasn't in my DNA. I was destined to be forever freakish.

Are you strange like me, are you insane? Are you the wildfire, that loves pouring rain...

Why should we change that which makes us unique?

We have all had stupid youths,' said Mathilde. 'I find them delicious.

I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I'm just a human being with all the regular faults and it seems no matter how hard I try, I can't change that.

You can never please everyone you cross paths with, but there is no excuse not to satisfy your positive inner-self.

Try not to be self-conscious or so critical. Don't mope around looking for someone else to make you happy, and remember that the vast majority of homosexuals are looking for a superman to love and...

I can see your dirty pillows.

Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

Nothing is wrong with her that is dangerous or harmful. She just feels deeper than others

I know you weren't born to make people happy, but if you did one day someone else will make you happy too.

Beauty isn't judged by the size of your jeans.

I do know that having smooth, unscarred skin does not make you beautiful. Shining like the brightest light in the dark does, though.

We don't look at the stars in the universe and say how tragic they are, how bruised they are, even though that is what they are. We look at them and speak of the beauty they contain. The inspiration...

It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what...

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

Imperfect, but Perfectly Loved

even found myself overlooking my own flaws, for the same reasons. I didn't need to try to be perfect or in control all the time. There really was no need to impress anyone.

The same love and graciousness as though I were a queen already and not wretched little Much-Afraid." Then she looked up into his face and for a little time could say no more, but at last she added,...

I should have the ability to be happy with myself, to be satisfied with what I am. Not as queen, but with what I am.