Amanda Knox

I would prefer to be famous for something I did or built or achieved.

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

I would like to be re-considered as a person.

I was not aware of a ton of the stuff that was being said about me out in the world since I wasn't able to get British or American headlines from my prison cell in Perugia. But I was aware that in the courtroom, I was being called a succubus, a man-eater, 'Foxy Knoxy.'

What I started to read and most enjoyed while I was a student was an Italian edition of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.'

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.

I have been in an experience where I thought everything that I had hoped for in my life was taken away from me, and I had to redefine what mattered.

You can always do something that can make you feel good about your life despite what you're going through.

That is the thing that I was scared of - that I would know intellectually that there's something to glean out of life, but that I would be so broken that I wouldn't care.

I have a great amount of respect for life, and I always think that no matter how bad situations get, you can always make something out of it.

Before Italy, I had a happy life.