I just don't lose weight easily.

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.'

There’s a greatness in not caring what people think

Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.

I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.

I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.

You just have to say, 'It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'

Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

I could eat healthier, I could drink less. I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.'

Minimalism is about creating space to live simply and meaningfully

To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're OK.

Needless to say, there was no one around remotely fitting the description of a normal person: I was at a writing conference.

Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.

The presidents against Congress, the Senate is against the House, people are against politicians, and I'm against cats in the house.

A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.

It is not always easy, for a woman alone.

I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

I think that's a really cool thing about my line. There are so many sets, but you can literally mix and match everything with everything.