I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

Crazy loves company, Sir Clay.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.

Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying.

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different ways.

The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I do it.