"As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions."

"It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people."

"My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't."

"I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line."

"The battle for women's rights has been largely won."

"It is a essential truth that great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another."