There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.

The only way out is to go so far in.

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

It's not as if the stories merge to a point where you think they are your life, but you do let them in the front door and the back door, and it's okay that sometimes certain characters stay for dinner.

When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?

I really respect anybody who stands by their truth.

If you're a lame brain, then you're a lame brain. I can't help that.