This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

Look here, my boy, if you have average intelligence, about half the things you do are bound to be right, which is a fair achievement for any career. Don't spend sleepless nights over them.

The happily ever after thing. It's great when she marries the prince or whatever and they say that. But they just don't show the part where there's a revolution and they drag her to the guillotine.

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

I would like a boyfriend. I'm a very happy person and it is the final, final piece of the puzzle. I'm looking for that shout-it-out-from-the-mountaintops, fall-in-love person.

I'm tired of dealing with the crazies.

You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.

I like to stay in a hotel where it's a dome of silence. I can sit in my room and do nothing.

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.

The thing about filming is that it can be the most banal experience because it's slow and there's a lot of waiting around.