It's not just politicians who underestimate us; we underestimate ourselves.

The script is a bible and it's this unchangeable document that somebody spent years and years on.

I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.

You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesnt work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.

True badassery has no gender.

We need to organize and figure out our own voice as a bloc and stop doubting ourselves.

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

The biggest thing about growing up in Canada is you know that Los Angeles and New York are not the only places in the world. They're not the only places where brilliant acting happens.

I guess the biggest world difference you can make is in people's relations to their own emotions, 'cause emotions rule so much of our daily life, and I think that's where we work.

I don't have any trouble believing that you would avoid something seemingly perfect because you're in something you really want to prove to yourself you can do right.

One thing that has gone away from civil discussion in America is this idea that our neighbors are not out to ruin the world. We need to come at it from a civil place.

Every library is a palace

Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new world.

The doors of hell are locked from the inside!

The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.

Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

I have a lot of beautiful friends.

Giving is the secret of abundance.