I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

Call me Elf......one more time!

I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.

A forced contemplation of the heavens, crisp and angelic blue, a classic prelude to death.

The survival of love depends on the management of change.

Magick comes in many forms, and there are many covert master magicians who are so covert that they don't even know they are magicians.

You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay.

Things don't happen to you, they happen for you.

I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent.

And kissing him is like sucking on alcohol-soaked feet.

I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine.

We must err , do so on the side of audacity

I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book.