I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things.

Monica Lewinsky

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

Monica Lewinsky

I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.

Monica Lewinsky

Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.

Monica Lewinsky

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

Monica Lewinsky

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.

Monica Lewinsky

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.

Monica Lewinsky

I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually.

Monica Lewinsky

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

Monica Lewinsky

It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president.

Monica Lewinsky

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught.

Monica Lewinsky

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.

Monica Lewinsky

So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there.

Monica Lewinsky

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

Monica Lewinsky

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

Monica Lewinsky

I don't have the feelings of self-worth that a woman should have... and that's been the center of a lot of my mistakes and a lot of my pain.

Monica Lewinsky

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

Monica Lewinsky

I think anybody who really knows me knows I'm not a media hound and knows that I'm really sort of trying to do the best I can with the situation that I found myself in.

Monica Lewinsky

And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

Monica Lewinsky

This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.

Monica Lewinsky

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

Monica Lewinsky