I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
I was going to get an abortion the other day. I totally wanted an abortion. And it turns out I was just thirsty.
Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.
Don't tell girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't. It's like saying, 'Hey, when you get in the shower, I'm not gonna read your diary. ' 'Wait--are you gonna read my diary?' 'No! I said I'm not gonna read your diary. Go take a shower!'
We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.
I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by what other people think of you, it's a form of self-torture.
Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.
I think the qualities I look for in a girl I'd like to be my girlfriend would be the way Lindsay's character is before she becomes a plastic. Very real.
I'm very involved with Pilates as well; you have to be careful. I can't do headstands any more, I have a neck and a spinal problem, but I used to do it.
The most powerful ideologies are not those that prevail against all challengers but those that are never challenged because in their ubiquity they appear as nothing more than the unadorned truth.
Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts.