I think it's hard to be taken seriously as a poet, period.

I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women. This movie addresses that in a very appropriate and sincere way.