I know what a good question would be for an actor. What's your least favorite thing that you've ever heard an actor say about acting? Or about being in a movie?

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you get depressed because of it?

Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.

It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.

I feel so lucky that I met the love of my life. You know somebody's in it to win it when...you're having a seizure and they're holding you.

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

Truth is worse than soap in the eyes.

The opposite of a coward is one who knows and does the right thing at the right time even if it may cost them their own life.

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

France: As a professional journalist, I like the idea of a society where it is considered an acceptable occupation to basically sit around and drink.

The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions.

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.

I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.

With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.