I think parenting actually makes you lose pieces of your soul again, because they go off, into your children. Or, I mean, I am so fragmented, and I'm such a spacey person.

Like the oxytocin you get as a mom makes you forget everything constantly. And I'm a totally different person after having a kid.

It's the sense of walking back into the Garden of Eden or something like that. Where suddenly everything is perfect and you see how you're connected to everything in the world.

Strive for perfection, knowing it will never be achieved.

Sometimes, when you attempt to run away from your true calling, all roads will conspire to lead you back to where you came from.

When you´re tired after a long day, there´s nothing like a getaway...You sit down with your book and everything changes.

I've gotta believe in what my heart tells in me, even if it's a fake thing.

Social support is everything.

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.

Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you.

But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge

When you turn on the news, they don't say, "Hey, 2 Million kids went to school safely today...40,000 flights took place without incident." They don't say that.

When you live life with him or without him, that is when he will accept and value you for who you are.