My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.


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LAKE BELL
I have a weird obsession with wearing not just fashion sneakers, but actual sneakers that have bounc...
LAKE BELL
I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting, I take to the pen, and I write something I ...
LAKE BELL
'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believ...
LAKE BELL
I lean into all things that are a little off. I will always wear overalls. At this point, I find a w...
LAKE BELL
When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, ...
LAKE BELL
There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them...
LAKE BELL
My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up t...
LAKE BELL
There have been times where you do the red carpet in a certain shoe, and you go into the bathroom, y...
LAKE BELL
'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish sil...
LAKE BELL
My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comical...
LAKE BELL
I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to sch...
LAKE BELL
You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.
LAKE BELL
I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess...
LAKE BELL
At the end of the week, my husband and I do a leftovers dinner, where we have to use whatever's ...
LAKE BELL
I'm super and very openly obsessed with voice-over. 'In a World...' was my love letter t...
LAKE BELL
I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny s...
LAKE BELL
I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and membe...
LAKE BELL
Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all abo...
LAKE BELL
A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren...
DRAKE BELL
I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 year...
DRAKE BELL
You never know how they're going to play out, but 'Pork and Beans' definitely had the sa...
BRIAN BELL
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the ...
DANIEL BELL
But in action, one defies one's character.
DANIEL BELL
The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; ...
DANIEL BELL
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land...
DANIEL BELL