I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

What are you planting today to harvest tomorrow?

I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

Ultimately, if circumstances line-up in a way that makes it possible for Fugazi to play and the desire was there, we would do that.

I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers.

People who don't want to give a creator money are never going to give a creator money.