If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.

There are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear.

Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do.

Small towns make up for their lack of people by having everyone be more interesting.

Think of the millions of young men who died fighting for democracy. We spit on their graves when we let democracy slip away into the sewer of illegal money.

I'm not against the corporations. They are our wealth. But they are getting too greedy. I don't want to do away with corporations. I want them to make our cars, however, not our laws.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

If he were to put his heart in my hand, he might never find it again. And I'm not cruel enough to let him break while he tries to heal the impossible.

Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.

Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction.

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself.

Acting requires risk, and that's what feeling vulnerable is.

Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot.

I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I'd probably do it for nothing.

I book myself tight. If I have any time off, I get antsy.