I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

A lot of young people think they are not going to die - and that's a great thing about being a young person, is living in this carefree oblivion.

Im from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.

My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death.

What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity.

Relationships are possible, but are definitely not a road paved with roses.

My favorite types of movies to watch as a viewer are thrillers - I really have a soft spot for them, I love them. Especially psychological thrillers.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past. And the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

I was a young girl, a virgin, and therefore men denied me rationality just as they denied it to all those who were not exactly like themselves, in all their unreason.

Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer.

My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage.

A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.

No, I've never played baseball in my life.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary.

Joy:show joy & enjoy: then others will be joyful.

Nothing is new except arrangement.