Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large I contain multitudes).

To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

With different scenarios and different places, I think it's easier for me to get inspired; I'm seeing different things.

There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit.

I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually.

I've always been on a quest to use science in an artful way.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

I'm not a 'sexy' 'beautiful' woman. It takes a lot of work to make me look like a girl.

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House.

I think we are living a life without specificity, and then our lives become abstractions.