Brit Marling

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit. ”

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic. ”

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do. ”

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life. ”

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car! ”

Life is beautiful because it doesn't last. ”

Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive. ”

Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me. ”

Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way. ”

One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart. ”