"Laws can't control the lawless."

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

“The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.”

“There are so many heroes just walking around in everyday life. It blows me away.”

Source : "Charisma Carpenter Talks 'the Lying Game' Shockers And More". OK Interview, okmagazine.com. February 26, 2013.

“People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection.”

Source : "Laurieann Gibson: 'We've Created a New Jerusalem' With Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Video". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 10, 2011.

“For me, reading has to be pleasurable. Otherwise, I'm ditching the book and turning on Netflix. There's way too much good TV right now to write dull.”

Source : "Interview with a Plus One". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. February 13, 2015.

“Anything we love can be saved.”

“Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the right moments, particularly when they laugh at a line I've stolen from one of my family members and put in the film. That excites me a great deal.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

“A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.”