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I don't know if I'm brave.

I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.

I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.

You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.