The universe always gives you what you need to grow into the person you are destined to become.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.

I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing.

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.

If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.

Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.

It takes one person to give you a big chance.

So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.

Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.

Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

Words carry oceans on their small backs.

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible.

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

I write horror because I enjoy it. I'm endlessly fascinated by the supernatural, by death, by darkness. And, to be honest, I don't have much choice. This is the way my mind works.

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

Libraries are our friends.

My dad has never once told me after a fight that I did well.

Caesar was Rome's escape from communism. I expect no Caesar; I find on our map no Rubicon. But then I expect to see communistic madness rebuked and ended.