I love you. Really, I do. Now love yourself more and each other a lot more. And please take care of this precious planet.

The more I give, the more I get.

The more I am able to deeply love and accept my flaws and imperfections, the more I am able to do that with my fellows.

Create the space and a bigger life happens

I'm not a fruity girl. I don't like licorice. I'm chocolate all the way.

We must help each other to be present and compassionate. Remember that we have no idea what the person next to us is going through; compassion is the only choice.

Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes].

Be here now. It keeps us in a place of love, not fear.

I have to say I'm very good on a bike. Maybe the last time I was 5 years old.

The more I have deep love and compassion for my earth and my fellows, the more love and compassion I have for myself, and vice versa.

I haven't ridden a bike in a while because I'm so scared I'll get hit and die.

There is a right way and a wrong way to make contact with God.

If your needs are little, you are rich enough.

The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'

We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.

It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.

It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.

I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.

I have Twitter so I can tell people what I want them to buy and they give me money.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.