I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

The principal goal of education in schools is to teach students basic knowledge and kindle mindsets that know how to think better and to understand the world in which they live.

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.

You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary.

I don't want my reasons to be informed by what people think about what I'm doing.

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

Learning to create is essential, necessary, vital & fundamental. It is the centrepiece in which you create the life that you really want

At Halloween a lot of young people were wearing Bush masks mocked up as an incarnation of the Devil.