“A word after a word after a word is power.”

“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

"You know that old saying, 'A way to a man's heart is through his stomach' - that's me."

“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.” 

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.” 

“Let no feeling of discouragement prey

“Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.” 

“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” 

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” 

"After my first year on 'Gossip Girl,' everybody said, 'You've got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.'"

"I could probably make more money if I did more commercial projects."

"My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles."

"My mom taught me this really great beauty tip. She used to put oil or mayonnaise on the bottom half of her hair before she would shower."

"I had a premonition when I was nine that I'd marry Leonardo DiCaprio."

"Martha Stewart's my idol."

"I think baking is an incredible thing; cooking in general is an incredible thing."

"If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself."

"I look at anything in life like as long as you do what you believe in, then it's going to work out. Because even if other people don't like what you're doing, you're happy because you did what you believed in."

"I think certain people are the way they are for certain reasons that we can't necessarily judge without knowing."

"I think in high school there's so many cliques. You're never safe."

“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.”

“The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences.”

“A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand?”