I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being.

Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.

It makes sense that the placenta almost looks like a tree with many branches - a tree of life.

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

“If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars,' I'd wind up owing them money.”

I wanted to give birth as opposed to being delivered!

For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

During labor the most important thing is to get primal and surrender to the process.

Cheapen words and they'll cheapen you

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody it saves so much trouble

Writers live twice.

Freedom comes with a price while bondage takes hold without notice

Every one of today's smartphones has thousands of times more processing power than the computers that guided astronauts to the moon.

I'm usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I'm playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I'm happy doing that.

Leading from your inner world ultimately produces better results in your leadership.

Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.

Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.

A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.