I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

I find it weird that people want to know about you.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.

I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

Kindness is silent, but it speaks louder than a voice.

When you’re comfortable and content with who you are, the voices of others who try and define, control or direct you are not important.

Not learning by doing, but learning by risking.

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my feet.

I never smoke grass and drive my car because, for one thing, no matter how many letters I write to the road commissions, they still refuse to start designing highways with second-chance exits.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre

Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.

Teachers don't need as much as $140,000 a year, ... But, perhaps some senators don't need $140,000 a year either.

That idea of comparison is what fans do. That's why fans exist. They believe in something and something connects to them, and they have passionate feelings and opinions about films.