Unusual Choices Quotes

I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. This was more true when I was living in California, when I didn't lead a writer's life at all.

Anytime you kind of take the road that I've taken, people don't know what to expect.

I am the black sheep of my family. They are all super talented and intelligent and got proper jobs. Most of my family is in medicine, actually. They are all too clever to be doing what I do.

Like for 'Black Nails,' I just had black nails - and I never have black nails. It was my first and last time getting black nails. And that's so not normal for me. So when you're recording, you're up at the mic and you gotta name the file, so I just look down and I'm like, 'Black Nails!' That's literally what it was.

Mine has been a pretty strange path.

That will only happen if I have a bout of amnesia or if I feel like mooning someone in the audience.

Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice President, and nothing was ever heard from either of them again.

The cool thing about being different in this industry is that you get different roles; you aren't pigeonholed the same way.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

It's kind of a Catch-22. The more successful you get, the less normal you get.

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.

I think that I've had a very strange life.

I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre... It's funny - I don't have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week.