We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.

Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.

I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.

You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name.

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

In this business, you never say no to anything.

Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good.

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.

I have my dream job. I get paid to make music.

To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.

Without setbacks and mistakes, no experience. Without experience, no learning. And without learning, you'll never truly understand the awakening of your heart's desires.

The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.

To be very honest, I never thought I would graduate from high school. I got very lucky to get into an alternative high school, which really saved my butt.

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.

I'm not an impersonator. I've only got one voice and only do one guy and his first-person essays.

There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.

People want to know about what's going on with what's in the universe, what are particles like, what are the basic rules of nature. It's a lot of curiosity out there.

A delayed game is eventually good a bad game is bad forever.

I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I wins.

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.

When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

Professional camera crews are rarely there when a bomb goes off or a rocket lands. They usually show up afterwards.

The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.

America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.

Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life.

Sometimes shows get into their 5th and 6th season and you're like, where can you go? But 'Dexter' is still so strong, it's really refreshing.

Feelings are not as uncomfortable to experience as they are to express.