You have to be at the forefront of culture to create art, which they call "product," and Hollywood is not. It's this very old business model, which I think is dying in a lot of ways.

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that.

I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

I'm a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average bear.

Around, around the sun we go:The moon goes round the earth.We do not die of death:We die of vertigo.

What does despair mean to someone who interprets that emotion as a chemical reaction in the brain?

Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.

Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.

China will continue to support the efforts of the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent state.

I write a thousand words a day.

There is nothing so revered yet so reviled as war; for even as it brings out the worst in men, it also brings out the best in them.

Animals can't really voice their opinion. We feel as though we can be on of the spokespeople on their behalf.

My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.