He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why.

You didn't have to attract desire. Either it was in the woman who aroused it or it didn't exist. Either it was there at first glance or else it had never been.

When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them.

…believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn’t.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

I'm not ashamed of being a bubbly, funny person. I think that's as valid as being the dark, brooding, tortured Oscar-nominated one.

Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.

Rules with an iron fist, but sometimes in that fist is a rose.

When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.

I've been followed home late at night. I've been shot at on the highway.

I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.

I think it'd be great to own a fun concept store with my friends and just sell books and records.