I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have.

That's not going to happen, because I don't want it to happen. I don't want a movie about me until I'm very, very old - when I'm very, very old, everybody that wants to play me will be middle-aged.

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

You live by the light of the moon, and I live by desire.

There is a part of me that has to depend on fantasy, because if you can't be somewhat of a fantasy person, then you can't write

Every girl - and boy, if you so choose - should take some ballet. Because ballet gives you grace. It gives you [the ability] to work with your hands. It's all about your hands.

And I knew then, as I know now, that I still have so much to do.