“I was going to clubs all the time, and it was not okay. I was so alone. It made me not focus on what I was doing… I did it to myself, and I have to deal with the consequences. I’m thankful for what I can take out of it. Now I feel clear. That’s my past, and I’m a different person now. I have goals and I’m working to achieve them. I’m not hanging out with people who are out every night getting f***ed up. And I think that I’m happy.”

“I was living here [at the Chateau] for almost two years. Who blows that much money on a hotel? I could have bought a house!”

- on partying, being on rehab for 5 months, and living in Chateau Marmont in LA

“I feel like it jinxes it. “It’s hard. The second I start talking about whomever I’m seeing, a month or two later it’s failed.”

“I think it’s pretty obvious who I’m seeing. I think it’s no shock to anyone that it’s been going on for quite some time… She’s a wonderful person and I love her very much.”

- on current girlfriend, DJ Samantha Ronson

“…there’s a person in here… And I have feelings too, whether it’s about politics, the person I’m seeing, the person I’m not seeing. That’s my way of connecting. I don’t want people to think that I’m just an empty f****ing whatever.”

- on connecting with her fans thru blogging

“I don’t know if I could really set a time because then it’s like pressure to do it and failure if I don’t. It shouldn’t be about that. It should be about knowing that you’re ready. (Besides) I still need to be in charge of taking care of myself and getting my sh*t in line and buying a house.”

- on having kids

“… I know people wouldn’t have gone to see my movies if I didn’t make them laugh or make them cry. I think it’s a matter of finding the right thing. I’m sure my first thing back might not be that, but eventually it will come… That’s what this business is… it builds you up to take you down and then sees how far you can come back.”

“I don’t really worry, though. I’m a fighter…. I’m up for a challenge, and I won’t settle.”

- on regaining her career in Hollywood

Lindsay Lohan  is on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar for December 2008. Now available at newsstands everywhere.