I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.

It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.

The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.

I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying attention to that, but a Civil War doctor - What would they be doing with their nails? Would they cut them really low? And Dr. Burns said, "No, they would let them grow out so they can scoop stuff out. They would use their nails." So for a while I let my nails grow. They were too long. I kept stabbing myself by accident, so I cut them down, but I was trying to be faithful to the details.

I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.