Jenna Bush Quotes

When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.

Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called Shakespeare at Winedale, which is out in the German Hill country in Texas , where you go out and live for two months and then you perform three plays at the end of that time.

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

I'm aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I'm very lucky.

I can't wish I weren't something that I am.

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn.

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn't think of any repercussions.

Kids are so dynamic; if you're tired and you walk into a roomful of kids, your energy is brought up to their level.

I care what people who know me think of me.

There's no job that's more rewarding than being with kids. I adore it.

Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the narrative arc and the character sketches.

People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us.

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

As I've gotten older, my mannerisms are more and more like my mom's. Also, she was an educator - she's extremely passionate about education and children. I guess I inherited that in some way.

I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.

A lot of my colleagues at school became great friends of mine.

From my dad ... I think we have a similar sense of humor. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, but I think he's funny!

Most people actually think I'm more like my mom because we're interested in the same things.

I'm living my dream job! My dream job is to be in the classroom.

I hope to continue to be an activist for kids and teenagers and especially girls who are living with HIV/AIDS, because all over the world, people don't have the same rights that we do in the United States.

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

I don't know about the world, but I know kids. And I feel like sometimes kids don't get involved because they think, what can I do? I'm just a kid. And really kids can do so much.

I think there are many ways to serve your country.

We [work] really hard to make sure we accomplish everything we want in life, but we don't think about being the president's daughter; we don't think about that, really.

I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy.

I hope to work with kids any way possible.

I like to go to bed early.

I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature.

[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books, because you don't want to articulate anything in words that is already shown through the pictures.

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well, obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

Luckily I've had a lot of great friends that I've had for a long time.

I'm not the perfect bride after all.