Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

So I got dressed up kind of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-y goth. As I head out, I say bye to Mum and Dad, and Mum says, ‘You look cool’, just as Dad says, ‘You look terrifying.

The home of Religion is the heart.

Our thoughts and actions must in no way be determined by the approval or disapproval of our time, but by the binding obligation to a truth which we have recognized.

Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word.

We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.

That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.

I loved working with my brother [Beau] and my father [Lloyd] whenever that happened. I had a wonderful experience making "The Fabulous Baker Boys," which I felt was a great movie, too.

In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

I’m letting God write my love story because once upon a time, I took control of it and it didn’t work well.

It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)