I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.

Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.

Suppose we were to teach creationism. What would be the content of the teaching? Merely that a creator formed the universe and all species of life ready-made? Nothing more? No details?

There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.