When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.
I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.
Happiness is the true beauty weapon.
We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'.
If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough.
Any time you step forward, someone gets upset.
It's important to just keep wanting whatever it is you want and fight for it, desperately.
Children reinvent your world for you.
Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands.
It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.
I believe in using words, not fists.
If you always have to be watching yourself and judging, I don't think you're as free.
I'll always rather be in a ship that's got a captain that has some vision.
At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.
I wouldn't want to be 20 now. I know so much more, and I'm much more comfortable in my skin, saggy as it is When I hear young girls complaining about superficial things You're at the peak of your physical beauty right now! Just enjoy it and stop worrying about your thighs being too big If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough
I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives.
It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job.
Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
There is no shortcut to grieving.
Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.
I think you have to ask yourself, what is the point of the script? What is the script selling? Because all scripts are political, every story is political. It either challenges or reinforces some schism or stereotype. So what is the project going to say at the end of the day? What does it tell you about the world, or what does it challenge in terms of your world?
I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies, fantasy - all and everything fed my dreams. Then as an adult whenever I would go on location the first thing we would do as a family is sign up at the closest library. Not only would we find books, but what was happening in that town, because the library is the head of the community.
The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden. You know, Eve was the first person who thought for herself. And she still gets a bad rap. I named my daughter after her.
If sexuality means saying yes to life, then you should be able to remain sexual until the day you die.
