I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

I want to know why if men rule the world they don't stop wearing neckties.

You screw me, I screw you back. I'm a lady like that.

Love so that you may actually be what you innately are.

Getting a second thing isn't always easy in this busy, competitive television market.

The IPCC summary for policymakers is used to scare politicians and goad the public into action. The UN is all about politics.

All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

Life is too short to rush around and be too busy for your kids.

I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.

The extreme center is the political expression of the neoliberal state.

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.