American Quotes

I can jog, but I can't run. That's hard for me. I like the fact that I can jog for fitness, but to me there's a huge difference between jogging and running.

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'

When you have a gown, there's much more to be concerned about. Where is this crease falling? Are you making a weird shape with the dress? Are you doing the designer justice? With a bathing suit, it's more about you and the mood you convey.

The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.

My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.

I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they've heard the name before. That's an advantage that I have.

I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.

I think that I'd like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we'll see if I can actually accomplish that.

I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience.

I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I don't play tennis at all.

Because I'm such a tomboy, I hate showing off my body.

Our country right or wrong.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.