"Aim higher. Stay focused."

"It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life."

"I spent most of my young life in the business and missed out on school events. I needed to be a young person and do what I wanted to do."

"I can sing; I can hold a tune."

"You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people."

"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."

"For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance."

"Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers."