God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.

Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!

My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.

What you don't know about women is alot.

I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.

I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Aversion to change is denial of destiny.

It's okay. Suddenly, the pain is starting to fade.""Yeah, revenge does that.

Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?

A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.

writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

I think [H.P. Lovecraft] recognized what he was dealing with, he was dealing with demons. And he was dealing with creatures that're suffering. There's no way out of this suffering.

I really believe that God and religion is two different things.

At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.