Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

Would I have been happier? Maybe. But then, happiness was overrated.

All we are given is possibilities — to make ourselves one thing or another.

Jobs should be offered on the basis of merit and not 'Seefarish'.

I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.

An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.

It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own.

I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying.