I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art.

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.

It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better by far to get paid.

Isn't this the best part of breakin' up? Finding someone else you can't get enough of. Someone who wants to be with you, too.

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

Well, if you've got a one-in-a-million girl don't let her get away; cause the next one-in-a-million girl is a million girls away.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

There is no fear in True Love. It is protective, and never gives a reason to doubt.

Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption.

Because desperation breeds gullibility. People want to lose weight so much that their common sense shuts off.

I prefer live musicians whenever possible. And I tailor the ensemble to what is appropriate for the film and the score I'm writing.

Rather than just becoming embittered by your friends' success, I think it can motivate you.

A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us.

I say I'm not a singer, so that means I can't sing. But - doesn't it?

You be really careful.” – Sundown “Always. You have to be careful when you fly, or you end up smeared on the side of a building.” – Ren

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.