I have this very strange relationship with my work, which is that it's like a conversation between me and it.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.

Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own.

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.

How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?

I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.

I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.

I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.

I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.

What makes you think that Valentine's change of plans had anything to do with your brother?" "Because only Jace can piss someone off that much.

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

I'd suggest you find something better to do with your time...

Most of the time things against nature are scarier than the scariest things of nature

Great is our calling, We dare not be idle.The saddle is in place, And Jesus is bridle.

Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.

Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert!

I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others.