I would rather spend my entire life doing nothing than have my name attached to something mediocre.

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.

Moving forward implies MOTION when in all actuality it may be simply standing STILL and seeing the salvation of the Lord.

Very frequently, you should sit back and appreciate a lot of the small blessings in your life that most people take for granted. Doing so would give you the peace of mind that most people don't have.

I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music.

My subconscious speaks in a foreign language.

Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.

Sometimes, the most courageous act a human can do is to let somebody love them

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.