Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.

I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself.

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.

It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president.

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there.

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.

Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.

I know I will never have an affair with a married man again.

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that... I was worthy of being number one to a man.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past.

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth.

It was a mutual relationship.

I don't have the feelings of self-worth that a woman should have... and that's been the center of a lot of my mistakes and a lot of my pain.

I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually.

And I felt sorry and I have felt bad about what happened.

To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

I thought, well, you might see curves there, but that's just a bone - so even if I lose weight that's not going to change anything. That's how I look. That's my shape. Do the math.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer a visual medium.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.

When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

I think those who object to my characterizing man as simple want somehow to retain a deep mystery at his core.

If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.

There was no studio involved when we made 'Stargate.' It was financed through Le Studio Canal+ in France and, after the film was finished, it was sold to MGM. When the film was a success, MGM decided to do a television series based on the movie.

Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

We have serious challenges regarding climate change, unsustainable use of natural resources, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, forests and farmland. Not to mention the huge inequality still prevailing in several parts of the planet.

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

Do something wonderful. People may imitate it.

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime.

Gossiping and squawking for no reason is really pointless.