There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.

Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a lot of it dangerous, a lot of it ruinous.

I do some messing around with things, not necessarily about me but about place and people and the things around.

I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.

You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.

In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.

I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.

That's what perfect means. You're finished.

I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about.

He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her, ” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer

I'm working harder now than ever before. I couldn't turn down the BBC job because I've never been offered the opportunity of killing three or four people on screen before!

Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha.

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

Little opportunities should be improved.

Dance is a physical and mental workout. Once you get your body moving, you'll see a difference.

Socialism will be here the day we share our profits to the degree we share our failures.

I feel because I am never in my comfort zone I have an advantage.

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.