If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to try to illuminate something about the present that is somewhat invisible to us.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.

Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

People go to the cinema to be moved; they wanna laugh, they wanna cry, they wanna feel something deeply, especially if they're not feeling deeply in their own lives.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.

Besides being a model, I'm a human and a woman.

Have you ever noticed?--people, no matter how beautiful or desirable, invariably will, if observed closely while going about their daily business of keeping alive, begin to seem like monsters.

I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself.

This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day.

I’ll see you in your dreams, okay, stupid?

If the show sucks, I ain't happy. If the show is damn good, I'm very happy.