Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women.

I'm really into rocks. I have a really serious rock collection. Rocks and feathers and shells and strange found things in nature. I have a lot of those kinds of collections.

So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.

I never want to repeat the same thing. I always want it to be different from what I've done, and to be not quite sure whether or not I can pull it off, until I hopefully do.

When you come out to L.A. to make movies or to do this kind of work, everybody is coming out on their own and you leave your tribe behind. Then, it's a question of, that was your tribe by blood, and now, what is the tribe that you're making by choice or by what you think is important? I think we were having that experience, so somehow the cult world seemed really compelling.

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.