The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

Evaluations in essence are ways of being modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate.

Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of grammaticality those who are belong in special institutions. The unity of language is fundamentally political.

Paradox is the pathos or the passion of philosophy.

This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art.

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

I think my mother realized she had a somewhat unusual daughter pretty early on.

Reading scripts or commercial copy isn't a problem for me, so I can really focus on the acting instead of it being secondary.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.

Whoever brings you the most peace should get the most time.

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

In all animation, if it's done quickly, you'll know it. And if you're very slow and careful with it, it's going to look a little more beautiful. It's just compressing time into seconds.

All games contain the idea of death.

As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are often those who hold themselves in high esteem because of their wealth, influence, or perceived righteousness.

Trust the still, small voice that says, this might work and I'll try it.

I believe in myself.

I'm really into tall boots. I just got some new ones from Michael Kors that have these little gold studs. I have Valentino ones that I really love. Real, real tall boots!

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.

Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

Whether you make the most of an opportunity depends on if you are prepared. Learn your craft, every aspect of it. Eat it, drink it, sleep it, then when you are the most prepared, you can make the most of it.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

I loved everything about being ten, eleven, and twelve years old, and seem to make most of my heroines and heroes that age so I can reexperience all those pitfalls and wonderful discoveries. It helps me to figure out my own life when I write from that eleven year old place!

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the day just by hearing a song, it's well worth it.

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.