"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."

"You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck."

"When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked."

"We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure."

"I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate."

"The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul."

"What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things."

"Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear."