You know, it's scary when you sign onto a pilot of a series because, as much as you want the series to go, you also want it to be a character that you'd be interested in playing for a long time.

When I wake up, I always drink tons of Guayaki organic yerba mate tea.

There needs to be passion behind what you're doing or it's not worth it.

There are some great shows that come and go really fast, either because the network doesn't give them a chance or they just don't grab on to the psyche of the country quickly enough.

My opinion's no more important than anyone else's. It's just that I have the ability to have access to more ears when I speak because of my job.

Everybody in the world has a different reason for wishing they could say things that most people know not to say.

I like adventures and people who live with the volume on high.

Well, I don't think just because people are in a relationship that they're happy. I don't think relationships necessarily make people happy. You just are happy or you're not happy.

It's always weird to shoot when you're really basically not wearing anything.

The hardest part about being vegan is shoes. I mean, really, that's the only difficult part, finding shoes that don't have leather on them.

I never intended on moving to 'The Good Wife' permanently, but in terms of a next move and something to do to make myself feel good, this was a great opportunity.

Conflicts need to be resolved at the earliest.

Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.

How come I can pick my ears, but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How can you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, why don't you decide fore yourself what you can do?

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

There is no book of mine that I reject. That does not mean that I find them good.

That's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.

History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.

Stop talking to people about what you will do; show them instead what your are doing.

Try a little tenderness.

Literature must become party literature. Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of the proletariat.