I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you get depressed because of it?

Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.

It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.

I feel so lucky that I met the love of my life. You know somebody's in it to win it when...you're having a seizure and they're holding you.

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

When I get stressed out my de-stress default is - not cat videos - but I just watch his surrogates. They're so entertaining. It's like escapees from the Nordstrom cosmetics counter.

Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.

London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my books.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home.

To never see a fool you lock yourself in your room and smash the looking-glass.

When women can't climax, it's our fault, but when we can't get an erection, we have to go to the doctor.

He groaned and I saw his face. "Curran!" I would've preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait...

I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

Love is the most powerful energy there is.

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.