Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.

I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.

Women are not allowed to be [complicated] in our society. We're comfortable seeing women as great mothers, and then we're comfortable seeing them as hookers, but there's no in-between.

I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want

I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days.

I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.