Monica Lewinsky Quotes

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

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 Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

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

I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. 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.

Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.

It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.

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

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've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

The more shame, the more clicks. The more clicks, the more advertising dollars.

People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women.

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.

We talk a lot about our right to freedom of expression, but we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention

I try to make very careful decisions about what I choose to do, and it's - I know that unfortunately one of the misperceptions about me, I think, is that I'm sort of a moth to the limelight.

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.

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?

I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed.

Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.

Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs.

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.

You can insist on a different end to the story.

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

She has slimmed down since the height of impeachment, her thick blow-dried hair as shiny as Russian sable and her creamy cleavage, as historic in its own way as Mount Rushmore, was quite wonderful to behold.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false.

I would feel a little awkward because of my connection with politics.

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.

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

Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.

I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.

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

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.

Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it... You can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.

I was brought up with lies all the time... that's how you got along... I have lied my entire life...

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 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.

Do you want me to answer that?

My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word.

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

The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act ... is a really cruel thing to do.

Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.