Don't put yourself in situations you'd like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher.

Your future does not hinge on the world situation, however grim it might become. It depends on what happened 2, 000 years ago at the cross and your acceptance or rejection of the Prince of Peace.

Tick Tock Tick Tock...The clock strikes two ... still haven't got a clue.

The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.

Mel [Bochner] sets a very high standard. He expects only the best and most thoughtful and rigorous examinations, not only of the history of art but your own practice.

I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

In the end you're not made or broken by prizes. Your relationship is with your readers, not a prize, and you just have to keep on honoring that.

The cowboy movies is not our go-to programmer anymore, here's a horror film.

People can look at me any way they want to. If somebody meets me and hangs out with me, they can see what kind person I am. I can't change for people.