Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

I don't need a reason to kill myself-I need a reason not to.

I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

For me, something dangerous would be playing thebabe in a huge studio film. That would be terrifying because I'dstink... I want to explore human beings on as deep a level as I can.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

Even if the role is very far away from me, to try and make it as nakedly me as possible is an intriguing notion.

It usually takes about two and a half weeks after you're done filming where you kind of return to yourself again.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

There is perfect love in Heaven!

I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America.

I am more feminist than feminists.

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

Ordinary [people] avoid troubles. Extraordinary [people] turn them into advantage.

Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.

[In 2011 on Steve Jobs] He was the most amazing person I have ever know. He was a genius. He was an innovator. He was the best client we ever had. He was my friend.

If you want to change the world, help the women.

Anything more low, obscene, feculent, the manifold heaving's of history have not cast up. We shall come to the worship of onions, cats and things vermiculite.

Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.