Faith is important to me.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

How can I make you the vessel of the Void? What kind of love would that be?""The greatest kind of all.

Happiness is the silent purpose of all existence.

The snapshots had become almost as dim as memories.

What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we're chatting away, nice to see you.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look

I've always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers.

absolute liberty ... tends to corrupt absolutely.

The main thing about the novel that is totally fascinating: It's not possessed by the writer; it's possessed by the reader.

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.