It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off

Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we shall have war.

By keeping the truly important things front and center, we often get the perspective we need to make better decisions.

You can choose to be mad in a negative way where it fuels you to do mean, hateful things, or you can let your madness fuel your art and channel it in a positive way.

Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.

Truth isn't beauty. It isn't even always true. Truth is nothing more than consistency of message. I learned that from advertising.

I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.

Life is simple, it's either cherry red or midnight blue.

There needs to be more women scholars, and that is not something new, we need to return to the glorified past and get more women scholars involved to overcome the Fetahs of patriarchy.

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.