Part of my becoming a vegetarian was that I would look at my burger, then look at my dogs, and I wasn't able to see a difference.

I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.

I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned

I've got more junk in the trunk than most 5-foot-1 blonde girls, and I like it.

You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about.

I did find out about the koalas and how eucalyptus makes them high and why they sleep all day. They're little druggies.

When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer.

I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.

I don't think there's anything immature about fighting for the underdog and fighting for people who don't have a voice. I have an intense desire to protect people who can't protect themselves.

I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

You know the look: genius gone to pot, and ready to join the Communist Party

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

In a lot of ways, the task at hand for any poem is to approach something that defies exactness or definition with a kind of exactness or precision.