I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand.

The patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." "Then don't do that!"

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

It seems to me everything Shakespeare did was political.

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.