"At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me."

"There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life."

"No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone."

"I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with."

"I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure."

"If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move."

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."

"In the depths of adversity, shadows are only cast by the presence of light."