To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I Have Found that If You Love Life Life will Love You Back

The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.

The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world.

My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures.

To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

"I don't like it" or "I like it". This sentence must go away from your tongue. Likes and dislikes are only for people who have limited vision. You should learn to appreciate.

I don't direct movies for a living.

A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.