"I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted."

"My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up."

"I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus."

"My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little."

"I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience."

"It is a essential truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

"It is a subtle truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."