He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.

Rebellion without reprisal is one of democracy's perks, right?

[C]apitalism--democracy's sidekick

If you are not taking time to set your own goals, chances are someone else is doing it for you and that someone will be in control of you sooner.

In order to create, equilibrium must be broken.

It is difficult to believe extraordinary things.

. . . I still wouldn't be able to control myself around him, and I'm math geek enough to know that equation doesn't work out.

Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

When I was young, I kept trying to be in the most helpful place for me, when sometimes, as players, you have to look in the mirror and say, "It's not always going to be comfortable."

I've moved away from that sort of deep-ecological extremism. I started to think: what can we do for wild birds right now? I don't want these particular species to disappear.

I must choose my words carefully in order to avoid any negative interpretation. Among politicians, this is a tactic known as lying.