Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.

How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?

I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.

I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.

I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.

I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.

I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work.

...nearly everything seems a letdown after a writer has finished writing something.

Hereditary boundsmen! Know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?

It is not possible to rule out anything because we don't know what will happen.

Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.

I see something that has to be done and I organize it.

Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.

Let no one who can be his own belong to another.

I don't wear makeup. I can't stand nothin' on my face. It's a phobia. It's not a platform.

We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love.