I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out honestly.

Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, Love to watch the colors fade, They may not make sense, But they sure as hell made me.

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

Show me how big your brave is.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.

Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts.

I'm happy to be working with all women.

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes

If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

When you can be this, why are you ever anything else? - Broken Verses

Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.

Only the dying man can tell how much time he has left.

The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up.

My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.

if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

You understand what good directing is, you can identify it pretty easily.