Quotes About Influence

I own 'The New York Observer.'

Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.

I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she's the nicest person ever.

I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

I've always been obsessed with Audrey Hepburn.

I'm obsessed with being able to dictate energy in a room.

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

I'm into everything. My iPod is very eclectic - if you kept it on shuffle, you'd be amazed. For example, I was forced to grow up on Dolly Parton. My mum was obsessed by her. She bought all this memorabilia for the front room. It's ridiculous.

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.

The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.

Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio.

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it.

I was obsessed with Carol Burnett and then Tracey Ullman. Like, obsessed with their shows.

When I was growing up, I was obsessed with 'Cagney and Lacey.'

As a kid, I was obsessed with Meryl Streep, and I still am.

I'm obsessed by Instagram.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

My parents were obsessed with my education.

Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image.

Bette Davis is my hero. I'm obsessed with her. I base everything I do on her.

The ways in which I was obsessed with Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp 20 years ago is completely replicated by my daughters' and my crush on Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman now.