"You are pretty smart. But your body is smarter."

“Scientific monitoring is going to be terrifically important, because whatever steps we take ... we will have to monitor those steps in order to know if they're actually working.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org

“I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.”

“I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I'm not trying to have Jake Gyllenhaal's baby. I'm not a major fashionista. I'm not going through a lesbian phase. I'm just normal. I'm just really freakin' normal.”

Source : "Banks Swings into Stardom with 'W.,' 'Zack and Miri'" by Anthony Breznican, abcnews.go.com. October 28, 2008.

“In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.”

“Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.”

“People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.”

“And I say north is where I want it to be!”