I think a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears.

I'm a huge fan of basically anything written about complicated, contradictory women. I'm drawn to them really quickly.

I have a real aversion to sentimentality, but I also really want to write about love and friendship.

Actually, my worst nightmare is losing my best friend, as I imagine most people's are.

I suppose every time [something bad happens], I have that instinct to make that joke that distracts.

I've always wanted to work for, like, "Assume your audience is cleverer than you," rather than the other way around.

I'm constantly on the brink of tears in conversation about things that happen to people.

I know actors who say acting is acting, but I love the live-ness of an audience. I love feeling the energy of a room and allowing them to sort of teach you how to do it better.

I feel like my home is stage acting.

To be, is to be in love.

Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it.

The night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal away.

Give your life to Christ, he'll challenge you.

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

My daughter refuses to call me mother in public; my little grandson calls me Spongeslob Squarebottom, and nobody else ever calls me at all.

Sometimes reality is better than dreams

I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another.

I write a syndicated column for The Washington Post that goes to about 200, 250 papers.