I always said that, when I grow up, I want to be like Joss Whedon: I want to have my own world.

Life is very short, try everything you've dreamed about (within the perimeters of sanity and the law) and regret nothing. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.

I'm kissing Alyson Hannigan and I almost stuck my tongue in her mouth because we just got so into it at one point.

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

I'm not a big hijinker. I'm a big sit-in-my-chair-and-read-a-book-er.

I've always been a big fan of books.

There is so much more to this world then outward appearances. Our society basks in the illusion of normalcy every day, and hides from the truth every night.

It was interesting to have humanoid villains that were rooted in our three-dimensional reality... or four dimensional reality, I'm not sure which!

It doesn't matter who you sleep with, it's how you treat other people in this world.

Life is short, and I'd rather be sitting in the poor house doing what I love doing than making a lot of money and being miserable. Life is very short.

If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life.

Great books live longer than people.They are gonna bury us all.

God is looking for sincere men he could send to politics to manage politics for him.

[L]anguage functions best when we mediate between the descriptive and prescriptive influences, changing the rules to better suit some things, but sticking to them for others.

It's sort of my go-to stock image of my childhood, actually. I think it has something to do with knowing I'll never be able to go back to that time that makes me cry every time I listen to it.

I mix up all styles on my albums because that is what music is about now.

Academic success depends on research and publications.

Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not distort, delay, or sequester information

I want my chirfugging goose back!

In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does ... .

Language is the archives of history.