I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

I think that it is real important for someone to be really honest and open emotionally. I'm really an emotional person. If I'm that way and the guy isn't that way I just really feel like a jerk.

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.

I just needed to leave Hollywood.

My parents always raised us with the idea of having college in mind. You sort of need a college education. It's part of life. It's something that you do - like going to your prom.

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.