I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain.

Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

Smile… Even when your life is at its worst, you never know when you’ll meet the one who takes your breath away!

I was never one of those girls who dreamt of Prince Charming. To piss off my mom, I would say, 'I'm never having kids and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid with cute butlers and dogs.'

Being someone I'm not for a period of time and loving every minute of being in someone else's skin.

I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care.

If I got a dollar every time someone told me to name my future kid 'Batmo' I'd almost have enough to pay for therapy for a kid named Batmo.

There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town. But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves.

I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?

Get out there, even if it's a hike or something, just break up the monotony of going to the gym.

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write.

Ari: The serial number was now my new name. I was dehumanized. I was branded like an animal, but was treated worse. This is what racism can do to people.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

If you always use your stapler in one place, keep it there, instead of thinking that all the office supplies should go in one place. I've moved a lot of things around in my house because of that.

You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine is a warp into the middle of a wildly imaginative mythology and I'm itching to read more.

It is easier to invest for cash flow during a financial crisis. So don't waste a good crisis by hiding your head in the sand. The longer the crisis lasts, the richer some people will become.

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.