The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

When I’m passionate about something I strive for excellence, judging whether or not I achieved it is up to the audience.

If we want to live consciously, if we want to enjoy our life and not spend it simply completing the task of surviving, each of us must find answers to the questions concerning our destiny

The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable.

The more you live by external shoulds, the farther you drift from the power inherent in your own spirit.

YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test.

Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.