Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.
Drew Barrymore
Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.
It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.
There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.
I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.
I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance.
When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.
There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.
A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?
I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they, in turn, were my life lessons.
I love romance. I'm a sucker for it. I love it so much. It's pathetic.
I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.
The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.
Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
I think that we all have to have that rite of passage of dating the tortured artist who seems cooler than we think we are; we aspire to be like them, and we're excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle.
Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.
In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.
Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.
If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.
I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.
A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.
I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.
I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning.
I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.
Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.
I do everything in this life-or-death way.
God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.'
I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on.
It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.
There are a lot of us little gypsies out there that need to go and find another place you know. A safer, healthier or just a different venue in order to develop and find ourselves. I am so lucky to live the life that I do.
My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.
I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child.
I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.
I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.
As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.
I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.
I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what is the one thing you would bring?' I would say, 'It's my concealer or you can just kill me now.' I've thought this through! Because I would find, like, berries in a bowl and make blush.
I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day.
Everything I do, I do infinite percent.
I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.
I'm okay with the idea that slow and steady wins the race.
I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.
I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there.
The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.
I really wanted a wonderful, traditional home for my kid.
