At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

...I got to chase my dream for a while, see what it's like, but this—" He stood and swept his arms wide. "This, and my family, is worth any price.

Solitude is separate experience.

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

Your mind is totally controlled, it has been stuffed into my mold. And you will do as you are told, until the rights to you are sold.

Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

What is the hardest task in the world? To think.

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

I feel like I am always the one tearing everything up and forever sewing it back together.

If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's fit to see the light of day.