You think you're superior to the others, don't you? We'll you're not. In fact you're worse for mistaking basic human decency for moral superiority.

We spend much of our lives going about completely blind to reality, and yet we still have the gall to act victimized when it invariably catches up to us.

Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're willing to work harder at it.

I was supposed to be powerless, and as a result they failed to see that I possessed claws.

Knowing and doing are two separate things, and don't always sync up in life.

That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.

Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one.

You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you.

One doesn't need to be taught fear when one is the hunted.

You may have bought my body, you may even have the papers to prove it, but don't fool yourself into thinking for a moment that my heart and mind were included in the purchase.

If you want to live a creative life, get efficient at failing.

Never be too confident or doubtful when everything is uncertain in life.

I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes, that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time where Wall Street money means these women are not treated with due disdain.

Tunisia is always ready to turn the page.

When I'm acting, I'm in the director's hands. I'm very happy to be. I like to be focused on what I'm doing.

I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

You can bluff the good players, but not the bad players. Against the bad players, you have to have a hand.

Domestic power structures are shaped in good part by global arrangements.

The more powerful the villain is the more powerful the hero.