As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

I find that...The bigger the ego.The bigger the mouth.The deeper the shallowness of a person.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.

Every challenge presents a good chance for learning something new.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

It's what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I'm about.

The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.

My parents ... are more like cats. They accidentally had a litter of kittens, and then emotionally moved on to whatever ball of yarn rolled past their line of sight.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also.