My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.

I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.

Most people don't go to work and beat up a 13-year-old. It's a really freaky thing.

I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

If you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.

I think I saw "Predator" when I was six. So I knew from a very young age that it wasn't real, but I just loved it.

A bullet fired level from a gun will hit ground at same time as a bullet dropped from the same height. Do the Physics.

Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.

I have not come to know atheism as a result of logical reasoning and still less as an event in my life: in me it is a matter of instinct.

When the words of prophets seem repetitive, that should rivet our attention.

Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.

Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

I believe you can have a much better life if you are true to your core self, and therefore guided by love and intuitive inner knowing.

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

To grow, change, love, adapt, experience. We have to be open minded. This is the life and that's the way it should be lived.