Passion is not what gives you bliss or makes you happy 24/7, but what you're willing to suffer for, what you genuinely believe to be worth the sacrifice.

The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.

Reading is the inhale, writing is the exhale.

Don't think about what you want, think about what the world needs, and strive to fill that gap. Success is a game of inches.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

I want to be somebody when I grow up. Somebody with grown-up dreams and screams for these dreams to be crossover dreams into reality.

I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord.

I don't know, Alexander, sometimes it gets so bad you can't think of nothing better to do than make it worse.

Now this principle of induction cannot be a purely logical truth like a tautology or an analytic statement. . . .

Hierarchy works well in a stable environment.

The most powerful decision-making part of the audience is women. Boys have a lot of impact on the industry, but it's often women who impact what stories get made.

We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.

I have always questioned everything: education, the obligation to memorize, authority. Perhaps that is why I have photographed everything.

We live in a divine world.

Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.