It's so funny - my mom when I am dating someone new, all she will get is the name, first and last, and within an hour, I will get an entire life report of the person.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and live my life as openly and honestly as I can.

I believe in sexual monogamy, but I don't believe in emotional monogamy.

Everybody knows what love is in one way or another, and everybody has an answer of what love means to them.

I refused from the beginning to restrict myself to any sort of lifestyle.

If I have to be objectified in my twenties to be taken seriously in my thirties, I'm doing something right.

As long as my work continues to speak for itself outside of what I look like, I'm okay.

I love the consistency of working on television. You don't get that in working on film. But, it's all about the right projects. I'm reading different stuff, every single day. I'm actively seeking.

I need different people to tap into different energies for different things.

I'm not trying to redefine sexuality or humanity or say that my answer is right and yours is wrong. I'm just happy with who I am.

Someone that is not close with their family is an immediate deal breaker for me.

There were many tears, many unsure times, many troubled moments. The fun memories were only a few, but even so, those memories will shine bright like stardust, and continue to shine on in my heart.

Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.

I'm raising a daughter. I want to be able to say to her, "You can be anything you want. You can be the President of the United States." I'd love that.

In a participatory culture, none of us is fully literate unless we're creating, not just consuming.

To take philosophy seriously is to engage with it philosophically.

Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love.

Rosie laughed in a not too reassuring way if you like sane laughter.

Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion.

We must understand variation.

When I was 21 I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for The Simpsons who'd briefly joined a religious cult and then discovered Foucault. Such is life.