You may have bought my body, you may even have the papers to prove it, but don't fool yourself into thinking for a moment that my heart and mind were included in the purchase.

We spend much of our lives going about completely blind to reality, and yet we still have the gall to act victimized when it invariably catches up to us.

Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're willing to work harder at it.

I was supposed to be powerless, and as a result they failed to see that I possessed claws.

Knowing and doing are two separate things, and don't always sync up in life.

You think you're superior to the others, don't you? We'll you're not. In fact you're worse for mistaking basic human decency for moral superiority.

That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.

Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one.

You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you.

One doesn't need to be taught fear when one is the hunted.

Everyone hurts us. If we stopped loving them because of pain, we'd never love anyone.

Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.

You'll never be as good as the next page you write, or as bad as the last one.

The thing about life, about change, is there are always lessons. Some are subtle, others not, and sometimes it takes being ripped out of your comfort zone to finally get it—then it’s transformative.

I think that when you're doing an under-four-million-dollar movie, you just can't throw money at the problems.

Support your right to arm bears.

There's an old American saying that says you can't beat somebody with nobody.

I start thinking about the next movie before it's a success, so I can never have one moment of happiness or peace. I'm instantly thinking about the next one.

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays.

I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.