I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did.

There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.

Instant gratification takes too long.

I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.

What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast.

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.