I don't care much about conforming.

Let’s reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

I don’t want to say everything happens for a reason, but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.

Progress daily in your own uncertainty. Live in awareness of the questions.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

Thoughts can follow you anywhere.

This book is the book you have just read. It’s done.

Can the cannibal speak in the name of those he ate?

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

I never stole a joke in my life. I just find them before they're lost.

I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.

I'm sure I spent more time in Texas than anybody else who had run for President recently.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.