Art is such an important part of our culture.

Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me

In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.

Most men are not that evolved.

One has to learn contentment, forgiveness, and purpose on her own before the universe allows her to share her happiness with another soul.

Everyone has a button for sadness and a button for happiness, your condition depends on which one you push the most.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

I don't think liberals in the media are really that much different from liberals outside the media.

The whole idea of play is in finding, acknowledging, and then working with the natural constraints and limitations that you find in the world.

If you don't live in the world of choosing, you live in the world of excusing.

Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days. And you say you are tired?

I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.

If you love something, set it free. And if it really loves you, it will find a way to come back.