Selena Gomez

The day I got my first letter from a fan, I felt like I'd been touched by an angel.

I've never been part of a movie I would watch over and over again, and I'm really proud of it.

People speculate or think what they want to think, but it's been really fun for me to kind of explore what I want to explore.

My attention span is all over the place, and I overthink things. I'm an insomniac.

I still feel like I'm the girl from Texas.

I love to do three easy things in the morning: I'll wash my face, I usually tone it, and then I'll put a little bit of moisturizer on it - not tons, because I have really oily skin. I don't have specific products I'm obsessed with; I just try different things. That's how I've always been.

I didn't think I was doing anything bad by falling in love.

P. Diddy gave me his valet ticket once... because he thought I was the valet lady.

I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.

I'm a kid, and a breakup is normal. I have to go through the emotions and feel it out.

I need you here with me we look for our love but we dont find it I'm searching and searching, I really need you here with me boy were going Round-and Round!

I'm learning that you can be comfortable and still look beautiful.

It's insane how much press my Instagram will get. It's weird, in a way, that I can dictate the agenda - but I love being able to have a say in all of that.

At the end of the day, I have to wash my face. I hate going to bed after a long day not washing my face. It's something I've grown into. When I was younger, I didn't care.

I'm going to try to pull a Natalie Portman. Natalie went to Harvard while shooting 'Star Wars'. I don't know how she did it. I want to have lunch with her and ask her - that seems like a bunch of stress right there.

I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.

You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

I believe in love - yes, I'm one of those girls. Most of my friends believe in love.

This is a very superficial job. I sit in a chair for two hours and get hair and makeup done and talk about myself in interviews. That's a very vain thing to do. And I do get caught up in it sometimes.

I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

I always have water, tons of water. It's even in my bathroom because I used to be so bad at drinking water, and I want to stay hydrated.

My strength is translating emotion because I'm such a feeler.

I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

I used to say that I wanted someone cute and nice, an actor too, so he'd get it. But now I think it would be good for me to date someone who's not in the business.

I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.

Every day, I start with a workout; I do vocal lessons, I do piano lessons.

I'm just happy to do projects I'm passionate about.

The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I'm a pop star; I sing songs, do movies. I like to feel sexy and confident on stage.

I believe in second chances, but I don't believe in third or fourth chances.

I learned everything from that show, so it's just a wonderful memory to me. A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show... I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

I dress like a 30-year-old woman.

I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do that.

I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

I want someone who can make me laugh and just be normal and understand my lifestyle and how I wanna live it.

I've said a lot of things: I've said I'm never going to date someone in the business and that I'm never going to date someone outside the business.

I'm in love with love and totally believe in marriage, but that's not even on my radar right now. I am not putting energy into dating.

I'm not the best singer - like, I know I'm not Celine Dion.

My perfect guy wears Converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool.

For a while, my private life was the most talked about thing.

You fall in love, and it completely consumes you.

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

I love Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Katy Perry. They are all about being themselves and I love that.

It'd be really nice to sit down with all the people who have hurt me and tell them all the reasons that they've affected me.

Egos turn me off, big time.

It's awful walking into a restaurant and having the whole room look at you, knowing what they're saying.

Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone dont be someone else just be yourself.

You are the most beautiful bride there ever be. Dont let anyone else tell you otherwise.

I was obsessed with 'The Wizard of Oz.'

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.

My happiness is not dictated on this business. Once I realized that, everything kind of changed.

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do it. But if it's not fun for me anymore, and I'm miserable, then I'm going to go back to Texas and quit it all, to be honest.

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next.

I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

I love getting scared. I find myself putting myself in situations like haunted houses or going to a haunted hospital for my birthday. Yes, I've actually done that.

I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to.

I'm not sure there's a method to my madness.

Disney is a machine, and I'm grateful for it, but I feel like being part of that environment made me crave the reaction from other projects even more.

I love how Pilates makes me feel, like it opens me up. I have the hardest time breathing, weirdly enough. Even when I have conversations, I need to work on my breathing, so it's something I enjoy because it's peaceful and it helps me relax.

Nobody really knows everything, and they can only assume.

I like to find things that are unconventional and make them look classic, because if I'm forcing something, you can just tell.

Everything happens for a reason and something better will come along for me

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you're with me, or you're not. And that's how I kind of deal.

I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.

For me, my music is fun. I don't really take my music that serious.

I've discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.

I drive the same car that I've driven since I was 16. That's who I am.

My family and I want to start our own organization to work on global warming and a couple of other things.

One of my favorite album covers is Miguel's 'Wildheart.'

I feel confident. I feel empowered. I feel in control.

You want to do what you love, but stuff overshadows it, so it makes it a little harder for people to take me seriously.

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

I really - I just wanna sing. And I wanna show people that I can sing.

Everywhere you go you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true.

I did gain weight, but I don't care.

I maybe had a first love and had my heart broken, but reflecting on it, I don't think that was love. I think as I'm getting older and having more in-depth relationships, maybe I'll experience it. At the moment, I don't know, exactly, if I've been in love.

I'm not perfect. I make mistakes.

I've learned that I want what I deny. I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess. I want the picture-perfect fairy tale stuff.

Sometimes you have to lie to yourself to get through the criticism, and then you're in your closet crying. It's been like that for me a couple of times, but I only want to learn from those things.

It's all about baby steps and trying to figure out how to slowly, elegantly become an adult.

I love being able to work with other artists I admire, but I have a lot to do on my own before I am willing to make it all about embracing other people.

I want people to really be inspired, to believe they can do whatever they want.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

Every now and then, I deserve to say what I feel.

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.

I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!

I don't like hiding. I do like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I'm eighteen, and I'm going to fall in love.

I have my moments of insecurity and figuring out what's going on and what I'm supposed to do, but if you don't push yourself, you're not growing, so where do you go?

There's such an emphasis on people being the perfect thing and then destroying them because it's good press.

It's so disappointing that I've become a tabloid story.

I feel like I look 16 sometimes, which is a bummer, because I would love to date older guys.

A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time with my hair in a ponytail.

The kids are fixing their eyes on social media, and the stories they're looking at may not be the most important things. I'm guilty of that, too. Do you want to look at Instagram or the news? It's a difficult, and weird, situation.

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.