That is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film [The Hobbit], is that I'm going to be lynched.

I have two roommates, so it's a challenge to keep the house the way I like.

If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?

It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude!

I just like short hair on women; I think its cool.

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

I'm surrounded by people who care about me and love me. I have a great job. I have wonderful roommates who take care of me. I have a family who adores me.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

There is a little bit of evil in all of us, and it's very easy to draw that out.

I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me.

I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.

Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.

Not everyone stays forever. You have to learn to let go.

Human-nature will not change.

[Warren Beatty] definitely sees 'Rules' as a comedic consequence to the American sexual puritanism that is dramatically presented in 'Splendor.'

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio.

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.

The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.