Claire Danes

I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. ”

Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. ”

The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th. ”

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. ”

I actually think in some ways that it might be more challenging to be bipolar because it's so mercurial - it's so ever-changing. You can't get any traction. You can't build on a system. Whereas, somebody who has Asperger's, which is certainly a much more forgiving expression of autism, can create models for coping and build on them over time. ”

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. ”

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman. ”

I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form. ”

I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion. ”

It's OK to want to look and feel your best. It's OK to work at being attractive, whatever that means to you. And it's also OK to not expect to be defined by that. It's OK to be powerful in every way: to be big, to take up space. To breathe and thrive. ”