Quotes

Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much but my parents encouraged that and it has made me part of who I am.

Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.

To challenge non-profit education programs is an exercise in futility, counter-productive and anti-educational.

(On the Read Across America Controversy)

• Nov 2011

You know, I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this, there are plenty of people that I wish I could unmeet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome. (On regrets).

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better. (On dreams and disappointment).

-December 2011

-Information just comes and goes so quickly, or it can be misconstrued. I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally. (On social media)

-It's Godard. You either get it or you don't, you know? [laughs] He is definitely one of those people, like a David Bowie, who has always challenged himself and the way things are done. He's constantly evolving, breaking rules, creating new ones, and breaking those rules. I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do. I really admire that. (On why she likes Godard)

-May 2009

Well, that's the thing. I don't want to segregate it from art because, for me, it is art. I think a lot of people don't look at it that way but I do. So right now I want to have my hands in everything. (On leaving the adult industry behind). -2009

[on entering the porn industry] I really thought about it numerous times before I made my decision and it did not bother me after a while. It especially did not bother me after I told my sister and my mother. That was really hard, but once I told them and got over that hump I knew I could tell anyone. That was really hard because I knew they would be judgmental.

People can dress you the way they want, they can do your makeup the way they want, but they can never take away your voice. There were times I had to fight against it - people wanted me to shut up, and just put a pretty smile on, and I'm not going to do that. (On women performing generic archetypes) -October 2012

People should not feel sorry for me because I know what I am doing. I have reasons for what I am doing. I enjoy what I do. Nobody is manipulating me. Nobody is making me do things I do not want to do. I am a strong capable woman and I know why I do this. It is not something I was pushed into doing.