I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Every journey starts with fear.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.

I am now ready to let go of anyone or anything that prevents me from being me.

Bad ages to live through are good ages to learn from.

We expect God to be an angry father who demands justice, but through Jesus, He gives us love and grace when we don't deserve it.

My handbag turned into a diaper bag for the chronically ill.

And of course it has nothing to do with the fact that I haven't been with a women since I came to your bed back in February-Devlin.

In autumn even though I may see it again, how can I sleep with the moon this evening?

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?