My fantasy is that I could wake up looking amazing, that I could be strong and stop the bully, but that everybody would love me, too. I think that's intrinsic to fantasy - fantasy is fantasy.

Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things were different.

I have a real pet peeve for women who play damaged characters but don't look damaged.

Any sympathy won for Aileen Wuornos based on a lie is not sympathy at all. The question is, can we have sympathy for the circumstances of someone's life? That's what I was interested in.

There's an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever. The truth is action is not any different than any other part of a story.

New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.

There is no relationship between bliss and peace. Peace is dependent on the pudgal (Complex of intake and output

May Lord revive and restore you to good health.

We must help each other to be present and compassionate. Remember that we have no idea what the person next to us is going through; compassion is the only choice.

Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women.

The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.

As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.

Beauty is the flower of virtue.

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.

There is no right life in the wrong one.