The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

I want to feel embarrassed by my desperation but I’m too busy feeling desperate.

Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue

O pilot! 'tis a fearful night There's danger on the deep.

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.

I really like action. I really liked running around. I loved being really physical. I'm a big believer in it's okay if this job is really about entertaining people.

People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.

Consciousness is not a bunch of thoughts or a certain level of understanding. Consciousness is a dimension that is beyond our physicality.

You cannot be successful without failure.

When I was in graduate school, my thesis included both poetry and essays. Influenced by the personal essays of James Baldwin and Norman Mailer, I loved the form, but pretty much stopped.

My family is my biggest inspiration. My son, my husband, and my family inspire me to be better, do better, and live better.