Inside my house, nobody was home, except everybody, but it was easy to feel like those were one and the same.

All fathers are liars . . . If you want to be a father, you have to be prepared to become a liar.

Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what?

There is a big difference between listening to an interesting story and recognizing an important one.

You think it's impossible to be a passive fighter? Well, sometimes fighting just means existing. Existing, not going away, and quietly biding your time.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

Likewise 'radical'. I'm only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot - and they're so convinced that they matter.

A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.

Pain is short, and joy is eternal.

I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.

Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.

Almighty Father, please stop making jerks. Amen...Break!