I used to think Twitter was a waste of time and sort of ran counter to my ability to be productive and to write and now Twitter feels like a really cool part of the creative experience.

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.

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

the ache became longing, longing became nostalgia, nostalgia became fondness, and after a while he could see the funny side of it. A long while.

If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.

I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.

Christina Aguilera, to me, has one of the greatest voices of our time and I got nothing but respect for her.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.

The power to be at peace - not because of anything your physical senses perceive, and sometimes in spite of what your physical senses perceive - is the power to help heal this world miraculously.

Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.