Toxicity causes nutritional deprivation - and your body then craves more and more food, trying to get what it needs.
Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.
You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.
Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements.
Dab - don't rub - cream formulas onto your skin. Rubbing washes out the color, so do that only if you've put on too much.
To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.
I just don't think it's good to be around too much creative energy other than your own.
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life.
When it comes to your creative life and what it's going to take, you will do a disservice to everybody if you just dabble.
You're always in a box, and you're an escape artist if you do what I do - or if you're a creative person, period. You build your box, and then you escape from it. You build another one, and you escape from it. That's ongoing.
The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.
Some of our best episodes of 'Buffy' were written over a weekend. You can really get in touch with your creative spirit when you're at your most desperate.
Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard.
You have to build your credentials as a candidate, not just as a woman. You also have to be willing to exercise power. We've been educated to be mothers, peacemakers, but we must learn that we can't please everybody.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
