It is a unique challenge for a woman to demonstrate that they can lead, that they will be strong, that they can handle crisis, and that they gain respect.

One aspect of my life and career that has helped me be successful is having mentors - having women show me the way. We have to support other women.

Live your dream. Know what you want to do and never take no for an answer.

Maybe you didn't want to get married, or get tied down?'Tsukuru shook his head. 'No, I don't think that was it. I'm the sort of person who craves stability.

How many times has our conscience firmly prompted us to ‘draw the line, ’ and we showed up with an eraser?

A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when it is plastic will remain there.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.

Now I'm in the process of fine turning.

She read Dickens in the spirit in which she would have eloped with him.

Yet it is only love which sets us free.

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?

When a story captures me, it comes quickly and easily.