I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

If you aren't constantly focused on your goals, you can easily waste all of the time, energy and money you invest in pursuing them.

The arrogant man probably thought his path to heaven was already assured, and that he acted in accordance to God’s will just by breathing.

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

I do not believe in Belief.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal.

Gardening is the instrument of grace.

I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.

Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie.

Its not about being included. It about creating your own space and including yourself and then finding other people that are like okay.