There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us.

I was never really a career woman. My life always came first.

I decided I was going to be in love. I was going to give it everything I had. It was like heaven on that ranch. I don't know why we broke up. We never fought.

I don't see myself being an actress forever.

I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?

My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point The truly adult view by contrast is that our life is as meaningful as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it.

I figured most of the best actors around 20 years old would all be at drama school, where they're tied up and contractually can't work, so I saw there must be a gap in the market for a young actor like me.

I went back to Dallas for a little while to finish my short film 'Rusty Forkblade.' It was not the instant success I thought it was going to be. There's a false narrative that if you make a short film right after senior year, you'll be plucked out to make a feature length film, and the rest is history. I didn't do that.

None of us is immune to suggestion. We are social beings and live in a social world.

Coming out of the Northwest and that environment to shoot hip-hop videos, it's a little atypical of a place to be, you know.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood make big plans, aim high in hope and work.

I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.

Obama is as likely to be impeached as he is to be installed as the next pontiff. And I say that as someone who has testified in Congress that this president has violated federal laws, unconstitutionally appointed various executive-branch officers and improperly transferred money.

My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.

It's a weird thing. Rick Springfield wrote 'Jessie's Girl,' and he probably gets sick of talking about 'Jessie's Girl.' The thing is, I didn't write 'Blurred Lines.' I didn't direct the music video. I'm really happy for the success, but it is kind of a funny thing to follow me around.

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

'Hope and change' has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change from what God has blessed.

There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities.

I never felt any issues whatsoever about being a woman in Tech.

People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

Moana is an incredible heroine. She's strong... She's got her two feet firmly planted. She's definitely grounded.

Boredom between two people doesnt come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.