Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the globe.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

Many stories magnify a fact.

May bless your journey on earth!

Maybe I write because I’ve learned to show certain parts of my heart on the page that I still struggle to capture in speech.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

One thing I know that's really cool - it seems to me that Blake Schwarzenbach [Jets to Brazil frontman; ex-Jawbreaker] is someone who's made music that's people continue to take really personally.

I'm still a news junkie. I mean, I always was, I am now.

Because of the movies nobody will believe that it was babies who fought the war.

Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.

I love the absurd - kind of absurdist comedy, absurd things in life.

There is no virtue higher than non-injury.